1 week ago NATO warns Russia it will use all means to defend against airspace breaches

BRUSSELS — NATO warned Russia on Tuesday that it would use all means to defend against any further breaches of its airspace after the downing this month of Russian drones over Poland and Estonia’s report of an intrusion by Russian fighter jets last week. The Sept. 10 incident in Poland was the first direct encounter […]

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1 week ago Russian jets breaching NATO airspace should be shot down, Trump says

In a social-media post, Trump said he believed Ukraine, with the support of Europe, was positioned to reclaim all the territory taken by Russia and perhaps more

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2 w. ago German, Swedish fighter jets track Russian reconnaissance plane flying over Baltic Sea

BERLIN — Air force fighter jets from Germany and Sweden were scrambled Sunday to intercept and track a Russian surveillance plane that was flying unidentified over the Baltic Sea, military officials said. Two Swedish Gripen jets and two German Eurofighter jets deployed in international airspace to monitor and photograph the Russian IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft. It […]

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2 w. ago Russian surveillance planes tracked over Baltic Sea, military officials say

German and Swedish fighter jets tracked an unidentified Russian surveillance plane that military officials say was flying over the Baltic Sea on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Russian jets violating Estonia airspace ignored NATO warning, officials say

After entering Estonian airspace without clearance on Friday, officials now say the Russian pilots ignored warnings from NATO aircraft.

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2 w. ago Russian jets over Estonia ignored signals from NATO pilots, officials say

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian pilots ignored signals from Italian jets responding from NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission when they violated Estonian airspace, a senior Estonian military official said Saturday. The 12-minute incursion was the latest test of the alliance’s ability to respond to Russian airborne threats after around 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace […]

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