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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emma Burrows and Lorne Cook

MYSTERIOUS: Trump issues warning to russia after estonia incursion - What They Never Told You

  • Three Russian fighter aircraft illegally entered Estonian airspace for 12 minutes on Friday, prompting Estonia to summon a Russian diplomat to protest the "unprecedentedly brazen" incident.
  • Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stated this was the fourth Russian airspace violation this year, but the first involving three fighter jets.
  • Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur initiated consultations among NATO allies under Article 4, with the North Atlantic Council scheduled to discuss the incursion.
  • The Russian MIG-31 fighters, which had no flight plans, turned-off transponders, and no radio communication, were intercepted by Italian Air Force F-35 jets.
  • The incident, occurring shortly after Russian drones were downed over Poland, was labelled an "extremely dangerous provocation" by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, while Donald Trump said: “It could be big trouble.”

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