Three mig-31 jets with kinzhal ballistic missiles flew over Estonia

On Friday, three Russian planes bearing ballistic missiles violated Estonia airspace, according to the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The MIG-31 jets flew together, two NATO sources told Fox News Digital.

The jets stole back and forth for more than 12 minutes before the Italian F-35s “push them,” said sources. The jets were able to transport ballistic missiles at high speed and launched by air called Kinzhals, the sources said. We don’t know if they were.

The authorities of the White House could not be attached immediately about the foray.

NATO warns Russia after Poland has shot down a large number ” of drones that violated its airspace

A mig-31 Russian Air mig-31 fighter in the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, Russia in May 2018. A MIG-31 crashed Wednesday during a training exercise, the Russian media said. (Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin)

“Russia has already violated Estonia’s airspace four times this year, which in itself is unacceptable. But today’s incursion, involving three fighter planes entering our airspace, is unprecedented,” said Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna. “The increasingly extensive tests of Russia of borders and increasing aggressiveness must be welcomed by a rapid increase in political and economic pressures.”

Russian president Vladimir Putin listens to the head of the Zaporizhzhia region, appointed Russian, in Moscow in Ukraine, Yevgeny Balitsky at their meeting in Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, November 18, 2024. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Spoutnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Estonia plans to request consultations from article 4.

Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty allows any member of NATO to request consultations with other allies when he considers that his territorial integrity, his political independence or his security is threatened. It does not automatically trigger a military response, as does article 5, but it is often used as a serious diplomatic alert signal.

The incident occurs just a few days after Poland accused Russia of having violated its airspace with more than a dozen drones during a large bombing of Ukraine. Warsaw reported that at least 19 drones had crossed the Polish territory of Bélarus and Ukraine, forcing the closings of temporary airports and blurring the air defenses of NATO.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Margus Tsahkna, attended a press conference after a meeting of ministers from the member countries of Nordic-Baltic eight, NB8, on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Thomas Traasdahl / Ritzau Scanpix)

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Poland has shot down several of the drones and labeled the breach of an “act of aggression”. Prime Minister Donald Tusk described it as an “unprecedented” violation, warning that drones have been a direct threat.

Poland has invoked the consultations of article 4 with NATO in response.

It is a story in development. Come back for updates.