NATO Nations Should Shoot Down Russian Aircraft Breaching Airspace: Trump
Trump called for NATO to shoot down Russian aircraft violating allied airspace amid recent incursions in Poland, Romania, and Estonia, reflecting rising tensions in Europe.
- US President Donald Trump stated that NATO nations should shoot down Russian planes violating their territory during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a UN summit.
- Trump expressed confidence that Ukraine, with European Union support, could reclaim its territory taken by Russia since 2022.
- NATO indicated it would respond to Russian aerial incursions using military and non-military tools.
- Trump suggested the recent incursion could have been a mistake, questioning Russia's violation of Poland's airspace.
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Trump says NATO should shoot down Russian jets violating airspace
President Donald Trump indicated on Tuesday that he believes NATO members should shoot down any Russian military aircraft that violates the airspace of member nations amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. During a Tuesday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in New York City with Trump for the United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, the president was asked, “Do you think that NATO countries should sh…
Moscow rejected Wednesday's charges of repeated NATO airspace crime, listing them as "sterility", one day after US President Donald Trump said that the other states should take the planes...
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Speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday in New York, President Donald Trump was asked if NATO member states should shoot down Russian planes that enter their airspace. He responded, “Yes.” This comes days after three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace, staying there for 12 minutes. Estonian officials said the jets switched off their transponders, ignored calls from controllers, and flew a …
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The Kremlin has described as “history” the accusations of incursions by Russian aircraft into the airspace of NATO countries, after Donald Trump considered that the Alliance should bring down Russian aircraft in the event of a violation. “There is hysteria over our military pilots who allegedly violated certain rules and invaded an airspace,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov at his daily press conference. “These claims are “unsubstantiated,”…
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