Oleg Davygora23:03, 19.09.25

Estonia will also convene emergency NATO consultations due to the violation of airspace by Russian aircraft.

The Polish Border Guard claims that Russian fighter jets flew at low altitude over the Petrobaltic drilling platform in the Baltic Sea.

“The platform’s security zone was violated. The Polish Armed Forces and other services were notified,” the report said .

Two fighter jets of the Russian Armed Forces flew over the maritime border guard unit.

“Polish security services are constantly monitoring the situation at critical maritime infrastructure facilities, in particular outside Poland’s territorial waters,” they said.

Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal also announced that Tallinn will invoke Article 4 of the NATO Charter and request consultations with allies after today’s incursion by Russian fighter jets.

“Such a violation is absolutely unacceptable,” Michal emphasized.

Invasion of Russian aircraft into Estonia

Three Russian MiG-31s ​​entered Estonian airspace without permission this morning , circling for about 12 minutes. Italian Air Force F-35 fighters, stationed at Emari airfield as part of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, responded to the incident.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s reaction to the provocation against Estonia

The President of Ukraine stated on September 19 that the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jets was not an accident, but a systemic campaign by the Russian Federation against the EU and NATO.

“They are using all tools, from interfering in political processes, as in Romania and Moldova, to violating airspace, as in Poland, Romania, and now in Estonia. Strong actions are needed – both joint and from each individual country. (…) At the same time, Russia’s losses in the war must also increase, and this can be achieved thanks to a strong Ukrainian army,” Zelensky wrote on his Twitter channel.

What happened before?

As a reminder, on September 10, Russian reconnaissance drones invaded Polish airspace. Some of them were destroyed by the country’s air defense forces. The Polish army called the event an “act of aggression,” and Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an urgent cabinet meeting over the incident.

As a result of air defense, one of the missiles fired by an F-16 fighter jet destroyed a residential building .

An unnamed US military official estimated that the probability that Russia sent the drones to Poland intentionally is “50/50”.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the incident “unacceptable and dangerous.”

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