Our commitment to defend our allies, as provided for in Article 5, is unwavering. We will use all necessary military and non-military means to defend ourselves, together with our allies. This was announced by NATO.
Later, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that NATO had not observed an imminent threat of Russian fighter jets invading Estonian airspace.
“There was no imminent threat of violating Estonian airspace, so the aircraft were escorted until they left Estonian airspace without any further retaliatory action,” he said.
Estonian authorities announced that three MiG-31 aircraft violated Estonian airspace on the morning of September 19.