Estonia seeks NATO talks after Russian jets violate airspace

爱沙尼亚在俄军战机侵犯领空后寻求与北约对话

Newshour

2025-09-20

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Estonia has requested a consultation with other NATO members after Russian warplanes violated its airspace on Friday morning. Russia issued a denial. But tensions have been escalating after Poland and Romania said Russian drones had breached their airspace. We'll hear from Estonia's ambassador to Britain. Also in the programme: Several European airports have reported delays and cancellations after a cyberattack; and Newshour's Lyse Doucet on her book that details the rise and fall of Afghanistan through the lens of a luxury hotel in Kabul. (Picture: A still photo published by Swedish armed forces that it says shows a Russian fighter jet that violated Estonian airspace. Credit: Swedish Armed forces/Handout via REUTERS)
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  • Estonia has become the third NATO country to have had its airspace violated by Russia in just a matter of days.

  • Three Russian military jets entered Estonia's skies and stayed there for 12 minutes without authorization.

  • Italy,

  • Finland and Sweden then scrambled its jets under NATO's mission to bolster its eastern flank before the planes withdrew.

  • The Baltic state shares a border with Russia to the northeast.

  • Russia denies its jets violated Estonian airspace.

  • that they flew over neutral waters.

  • But,

  • Estonia has now asked its allies for urgent talks under Article 4 and that means that NATO member countries can urgently bring an issue of concern,