Minister of Defence for Estonia, Hanno Pevkur, gives a press conference on the Russian violation of Estonian airspace and plans for future capabilities, 22 September 2025. Credit: John Hill/GlobalData. Confronted with pressure from allies to do more in response to Russian aircraft violating Estonian airspace last week, the country’s Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur held firm in a press conference today (22 September) in Tallinn. 🔹 The 3x MiG-31 flew parallel to the 🇪🇪 state border from east to west and entered 🇪🇪 airspace to a depth of less than 10 km. On 20 September, two UK Royal Air Force Typhoons, assisted by a Voyager tanker, began their journey to Poland to patrol its airspace. In response to a question from Airforce Technology Pevkur confirmed that it will be another five years before Estonia gets a ballistic missile capability.