Estonia’s Foreign Ministry said on September 19, 2025, that three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the country’s airspace without permission over the Gulf of Finland. The map shows the flight path of three Russian MiG-31s that violated Estonian airspace near Vaindloo island on 19 Sept. Russia’s 4th airspace violation this year pic.twitter.com/LPsPUoFtHq — Estonian Defence Forces | Eesti Kaitsevägi (@Kaitsevagi) September 20, 2025Heightened Baltic tensionsNATO’s Baltic members have faced repeated Russian airspace violations in 2025. This incursion comes just days after multiple Gerbera drones violated Polish airspace, with over 19 Russian drones entering eastern and central Poland on the night of September 9, 2025. On September 7, 2025, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter crossed into Estonian airspace near Vaindloo Island.