Overview

• Estonia says three Russian MiG-31 fighters entered its airspace over the Gulf of Finland for about 12 minutes on September 19.
• Estonia summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires and condemned the incursion as evidence of increasing aggressiveness, urging political and economic responses.
• Poland reported roughly 19 Russian drones crossing its airspace on the night of September 9–10, with NATO jets shooting down some of them.
• Reporting from Donetsk Oblast describes heavy Russian assaults, including in Dobropillia, with extensive damage and pressure on frontline positions.
• Japan’s foreign minister, Takeshi Iwaya, is arranging a Japan–U.S.–South Korea ministerial meeting in New York, as Palestinian Foreign Minister Agabekyan voices disappointment over Tokyo’s decision to defer recognizing a Palestinian state.