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Estonia Calls Emergency UN Security Council Meeting Over Reported Russian Airspace Breach

Estonia is seeking global censure to confront what analysts describe as deliberate probing of NATO defenses.

Overview

  • Tallinn secured a UN Security Council session for Monday at 10 a.m. New York time, its first such request in 34 years of UN membership.
  • Estonia released trajectory data showing three Russian MiG-31s entered near Vaindloo for 12 minutes with transponders off and no flight plans, while Moscow denied any violation and said the jets transited from Karelia to Kaliningrad.
  • NATO and the EU condemned the incidents as dangerous provocations as allies consulted on responses, with Czech President Petr Pavel warning a violator could be destroyed under NATO defensive measures.
  • Polish police reported fresh finds of objects resembling drones in two Mazovian locations on Sunday and brought in military police and prosecutors to investigate.
  • Poland’s border service said two Russian fighters flew low over the Petrobaltic platform in the Baltic Sea, and Poland’s defense minister urged a firm NATO response as ISW assessed Russia is testing alliance reactions.