Vilnius/Washington: Three Russian military jets on Friday violated NATO member Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes in an “unprecedentedly brazen” incursion, its government said.

The incident comes just over a week after more than 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace on the night of September 9-10, prompting NATO jets to down some of them and Western officials to say Russia was testing the alliance’s readiness and resolve.

The airspace violation comes three days after Russian and Belarusian military forces ended joint military exercises, called Zapad 2025.

Tallinn said on Friday the three MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace without permission and stayed there for a total of 12 minutes.

“Russia has violated Estonian airspace four times already this year, which is unacceptab

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