Russia entered Estonia's airspace on Friday and stayed there for about 12 minutes — an incursion that an official in Estonia called "unprecedentedly brazen."
The incursion was by three Russian fighter aircraft, Estonia's foreign affairs ministry said in a release . It took place over the Gulf of Finland, which touches Russia, Estonia and Finland.
"Russia has already violated Estonia's airspace four times this year, which in itself is unacceptable," Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a statement.
"Russia's increasingly extensive testing of boundaries and growing aggressiveness must be met with a swift increase in political and economic pressure," he said.
NATO intercepted the aircraft violating the airspace, spokesperson Allison Hart said in a post on X. She slammed it as "ano