NATO warns Russia to stop 'escalatory' actions after Estonian airspace violation


  • World
  • Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: National flags of Alliance's members flutter at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman/ File Photo

BRUSSELS/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO warned Russia on Tuesday that it would use "all necessary military and non-military tools" to defend itself as it condemned Moscow for violating Estonian airspace in a "pattern of increasingly irresponsible behaviour".

The warning came after Estonia said on Friday that three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated its airspace for 12 minutes before NATO Italian fighter jets escorted them out.

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