Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal said on Friday evening that the government has requested NATO Article 4 consultations with the alliance's allies following an airspace violation by Russian jets.

"This morning, 3 Russian Mig-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace. NATO fighters responded and the Russian planes were forced to flee," Michal wrote in a post on X.

"Such violation is totally unacceptable."

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Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said the jets entered Estonian airspace and lingered over the Gulf of Finland for 12 minutes.

The Russian charge d’affaires was summoned and given a protest note, he added.

The jets lacked two-way radio communication with Estonian air traffic control and had no flight plans, domestic medi

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