Overview

• Two RAF Typhoons completed the UK’s first NATO air‑defence sortie over Poland under Operation Eastern Sentry, with the jets returning safely after a night patrol.
• Estonia says three Russian MiG‑31s violated its airspace for about 12 minutes over the Gulf of Finland, prompting NATO scrambles from Italy, Sweden and Finland.
• Russia’s defence ministry denied any breach of Estonian airspace, asserting its aircraft flew over neutral waters.
• Germany and Sweden today deployed Eurofighter and Gripen jets to track a Russian Il‑20 reconnaissance plane flying unannounced over the Baltic Sea, an interception that ended without incident.
• Poland’s operational command reported allied aircraft on station and ground-based air defences at maximum readiness during Russia’s large overnight strikes on Ukraine, as Estonia moved to consultations and said it would seek an emergency UN Security Council meeting.