British fighter jets flew over Poland on Friday night as part of AN operation to bolster NATO’s eastern flank after Russian drones violated Polish airspace earlier this month, according to the UK Ministry of Defense.

VLADIMIR Putin’s warplanes ignored NATO stealth jets as they stormed into Estonian airspace for 12 minutes in a brazen stunt that’s set Europe on edge. Russian MiG-31 fighters entered the

Vladimir Putin has been warned that the UK won't hesitate to act if Russia continues its incursions into NATO airspace. The Defence Secretary, Jon Healey, said: "Our Typhoons are fully equipped to take out Russian drones that enter NATO airspace.

Amid rising tensions between NATO and Russia, Moscow and Belarus are holding military exercises starting on Friday that include "planning the use of nuclear weapons" and testing ballistic missiles, the state-run Tass news agency reported.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, NATO has focused on trying to deter an attack on its own territory and avoid all-out war with nuclear armed Russia. Now the time has come for NATO to defend itself, and European allies might have to do it alone, experts and leaders say.

Russia denies jets entered Estonian airspace in the same month as its drones violated the airspace of two other Nato members.

Russian fighter jets entered Estonian airspace on Friday in a significant escalation that threatens war with Europe—and the United States.

Russia has violated the airspace of not one, but two NATO countries — Poland and Romania — in less than a week. Each time, Moscow used drones, testing the alliance’s most sacred pledge: Article 5, the promise that an attack on one is an attack on all.