Western experts were still debating whether the incursion of at least nineteen Russian drones into Polish airspace last week was accidental or deliberate when news arrived on Friday that three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets had flown into Estonian airspace for an unusually long time—twelve minutes. NATO fighter aircraft, Italian F-35s, had to scramble to chase them away. “Russia has already violated Estonia’s airspace four times this year, which in itself is unacceptable. But today’s incursion, involving three fighter aircraft entering our airspace, is unprecedentedly brazen,” Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a statement.
Jets Over Estonia Are Putin’s Latest Check of U.S. and NATO Resolve | Council on Foreign Relations
