5 d. ago Drones cause mayhem at military bases as NATO gears up for 'hybrid war'

After a string of Russian incursions into NATO territory in recent weeks, members are stepping up their defences, but drone issues are now causing havoc ahead of an EU summit

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8 d. ago Russian jets near US airspace amid soaring tensions post Trump's 'shoot down' order

Russian fighter jets have flown near US airspace for the ninth time this year, just days after President Donald Trump said he would not hesitate to shoot down Russian aircraft that enter international territory

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8 d. ago Russia launches 'Orthodox WhatsApp' after Kremlin crackdown on Meta's messenger

As fears of World War 3 continue to grow due to Russian incursions into NATO territory, Russia's Orthodox church appeared to release its own app to appeal to the more religious subjects, but not all is as it seems

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1 week ago Danish PM ‘cannot rule out’ Russian involvement in drone sightings that closed Copenhagen and Oslo airports – Europe live

Copenhagen airport closed for four hours after large drones seen in vicinity, while Oslo airport closed for three hours following two sightingsJust a reminder that Nato is meeting this morning to discuss the Russian incursion into Estonian airspace last Friday.We should hear from the alliance’s secretary general Mark Rutte around 11:45 BST (12:45 CEST).“I cannot rule out that it is Russia. We have seen drones over Poland that should not have been there. We have seen activity in Romania. We have seen violations of Estonian airspace. We have seen hacker attacks on European airports over the weekend.Now there have been drones in Denmark, and it appears that there have been drones in Oslo and Norway as well. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy heads to the UN as US envoy vows to defend Nato territory

Ukrainian president is expected to meet Trump on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York; Washington’s new UN envoy convenes emergency meeting. What we know on day 1,308See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has landed in New York where he will attend the United Nations general assembly and try to drum up support for a US-led peace effort to end the war in Ukraine. “We are doing everything to stop the war,” he wrote on X on Tuesday, adding that he had two dozen meetings scheduled. The Ukrainian leader is expected to meet US president Donald Trump and other world leaders on the sidelines of the UN meeting, and deliver an address on Wednesday.Zelenskyy said he would also attend the first leaders’ summit of the Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, which would for the first time be held on a global stage. The meeting, he said, underlined “the global nature of the changes brought about by this war, the war that Russia began ...

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1 week ago 'NATO should shoot down Russian jets that stray into alliance territory': Call for tough action after Putin's warplanes entered Estonian airspace

Mr Pavel said the organisation should act decisively to stop any breach of allied skies and make clear there are consequences for crossing the line.

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1 week ago UK flies fighter jets over Poland in warning shot to Putin to stay out of Nato territory

Moscow claims incursion into Estonia was ‘scheduled flight’ after Donald Trump warns the breach could lead to ‘big trouble’

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2 w. ago Trump hits out at Russia after fighter jets enter Estonian airspace in ‘brazen’ incursion

The incursion in Estonia happened just over a week after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland

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2 w. ago Russian aircraft enter Estonian airspace in latest incursion into NATO territory

It is the third time Russian aircraft and drones have entered NATO airspace in the past fortnight

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2 w. ago Nato jets scrambled as Russian fighters enter Estonian airspace in ‘extremely dangerous’ incursion

It comes after Russian drones were shot down in Poland and spotted in Romania

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2 w. ago Three Russian war planes violate Estonian airspace for 12 minutes in new 'brazen' foray in to NATO territory as alliance fighter jets are scrambled

The incident comes just over a week after more than 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace on the night of September 9-10.

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2 w. ago NATO troops to be sent to Poland after Putin's 'expansion of war' breach

Russia has twice breached NATO territory in the past week after 19 drones were found to have entered Polish airspace on Wednesday, with more breaching Romania's at the weekend

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2 w. ago NATO scrambles war planes in Romania and Poland after Putin flies military drone over Romanian territory in latest Kremlin test of Europe's mettle

Sirens sounded and an air raid threat was declared as Warsaw announced Polish and allied fighter jets were operating due to Russian drones buzzing border regions of Ukraine.

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3 w. ago Russian drones force Europe to defend itself, perhaps alone, as Putin puts 'down a marker' to NATO

In the years since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has focused on defending its own territory first and resisted lower-level harassment from Russia, like acts of sabotage and intimidation

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3 w. ago UK drone programme as NATO allies condemn 'deliberate' drone strikes and experts warn of Russian 'test'

Doubts expressed over Russian denial as NATO chief vows to defend ‘every inch’ of territory

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3 w. ago Poland shoots down Putin’s drones and warns it’s ‘closer to conflict than at any time since World War II’

Washington’s ambassador to Nato vowed the US will defend ‘every inch of Nato territory’ as Russia faces worldwide condemnation for drone incursion

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3 w. ago Poland shoots down Putin’s drones and warns it’s ‘closer to conflict than any time since World War 2’

Washington’s ambassador to Nato vowed the US will defend “every inch of Nato territory” as Russia faces worldwide condemnation for drone incursion

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3 w. ago Poland ‘closer to military conflict than at any time since WW2’ as Nato allies weigh response to Russian drones

Donald Tusk says Poland dealing with a large-scale provocation after at least 19 violations of Polish airspacePoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the country is closer to military conflict “than at any time since the second world war” as Warsaw and Nato allies weighed a response to an incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace.Poland scrambled its own and Nato air defences, shooting down at least three drones, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine spread to Nato territory early on Wednesday in the most significant way since the full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Continue reading...

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