US EditionRussian MiG-31s Violate Estonian Airspace for 12 Minutes as NATO F-35s Intercept
Three Russian MiG-31 jets entered Estonian airspace for 12 minutes without transponders or flight plans, prompting NATO to scramble Italian F-35 jets to escort them out, marking the fifth violation this year.
- Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated Estonia's airspace for 12 minutes on September 26, 2025, marking an unprecedented violation according to Estonia's Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahkna.
- The jets entered without permission and lacked communication with local air traffic control, which made the incursion particularly alarming.
- NATO scrambled Italian F-35 jets to intercept the Russian aircraft, which did not communicate with Estonian air traffic controllers and had their transponders turned off.
- Estonia's government condemned the incursion as 'unprecedentedly brazen' and demanded swift political and economic pressure on Russia.
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Estonia is calling the UN Security Council for the first time according to its own information. It is about the violation of NATO's and EU's airspace by three Russian fighter jets.
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