Nato on alert after Russian border guards ‘illegally cross border into Estonia’ on hovercraft

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The country’s interior minister, Igor Taro, said the border guards had entered Estonia after crossing the Narva River on the vessel at around 10am on Wednesday.

The Estonian foreign ministry will summon the Russian chargé d’affaires after the alleged intrusion.

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For months, Russian drones and planes have been entering Nato airspace in what appears to be a deliberate campaign of provocation against the alliance, which is supporting Ukraine’s war effort.

This has included fighter jet incursions into Poland and Romania, weather balloons being sent over the Lithuanian border from Belarus and sightings of drones near airports in Denmark.

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In September, three Russian military jets violated Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes in an “unprecedentedly brazen” incursion, according to the government. Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna said it was the fourth time that Russia had violated Estonian airspace in 2025.

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The latest incursion came hours before the Estonian prime minister, Kristen Michal, visited Brussels for a summit with EU leaders over whether to approve a €90bn (£79bn) loan to fund Ukraine’s war effort using frozen Russian assets.

During a press conference at the summit, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that all the signals showed that Moscow was not seriously interested in peace with Europe … Warnings are growing across the continent that Europe must be ready for further Russian aggression.

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