Overview

• Estonia reports three Russian MiG-31s entered near Vaindloo for about 12 minutes with no flight plans, transponders off and no radio contact.
• NATO says it responded immediately, with Italian F-35s from Ämari and other allied aircraft intercepting and escorting the jets away.
• Estonia summoned the Russian chargé d’affaires to deliver a formal protest and noted this is the fourth such breach this year.
• EU officials condemned the action as an extremely dangerous provocation, with calls to accelerate new sanctions and bolster the eastern flank.
• Russia denies entering Estonian airspace, and NATO officials plan to review the incident at the North Atlantic Council early next week.