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Moscow claims incursion into Estonia was ‘scheduled flight’ after Donald Trump warns the breach could lead to ‘big trouble’

On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Russia's incursion into Estonia's airspace "could be big trouble," as NATO scrambled fighter jets and Baltic leaders called for urgent consultations under Article 4.

It comes as the UK sent fighter jets to Poland in a warning to Putin to stay out of Nato territory after repeated incursions

Russia denies what EU calls ‘dangerous provocation’ after Italian air force heads off three MiG-31s over Gulf of Finland

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The foray happened just over a week after Nato planes downed Russian drones over Poland

It comes after Russian drones were shot down in Poland and spotted in Romania

The aircraft were intercepted by Nato jets, a spokesperson for the alliance confirmed.

Estonia says three MiG-31 fighter jets entered its airspace without permission and stayed for a total of 12 minutes.

Three Russian MiG-31 fighters violated Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland on Friday, Estonia said, triggering complaints of a dangerous new provocation from the EU and NATO. Italian F-35 fighters attached to NATO's air defence support mission in the Baltic states were scrambled to intercept the Russian jets and…

Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets lingered in NATO-member Estonia's airspace for several minutes on Friday, according to Estonian authorities. Italian F-35s responded.