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Three 🇷🇺 Russian fighter jets flew into NATO member Estonia's airspace on Friday in what would appear to be the third attempt by the Kremlin this month to test NATO’s eastern border.

The MiG-31 aircraft heavy interceptors capable of carrying Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic missile entered via the Gulf of Finland. The jets circled for about 12 minutes and NATO scrambled Italian F-35s to repel them.

The incursion comes after Russia last week also sent drones into Poland and Romania, two other frontline NATO members.

"The Russians have been flying this exact airspace for decades. It's difficult to see how this wasn't intentional," a U.S. official told POLITICO.

Estonia in response is invoking NATO's Article 4, which requires alliance members to convene for urgent talks, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna confirmed to POLITICO.

“This is yet another example of reckless Russian behaviour and NATO’s ability to respond,” NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas described the incursion as "an extremely dangerous provocation," adding that the EU "will continue to support our member states in strengthening their defences with European resources."

Estonia said it has also summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires in Tallinn.

“Russia has violated Estonian airspace four times already this year, which is unacceptable in itself, but today’s violation, during which three fighter jets entered our airspace, is unprecedentedly brutal,” Tsahkna said.

“Russia’s ever-increasing testing of borders and aggression must be responded to by rapidly strengthening political and economic pressure.”

Earlier this month, Poland reported more than a dozen Russian drones crossed its border overnight, with some heading toward the strategic hub of Rzeszów. P


Polish forces, backed by NATO allies, shot down several drones and later also invoked NATO's Article 4. Warsaw called the incident a deliberate Russian provocation.

On Sept. 12, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced the launch of the “Eastern Sentry” mission to bolster defenses on the alliance’s eastern flank in response to the Russian drone incursion.

Romania has also faced repeated violations, including a drone tracked for nearly 50 minutes in its airspace in mid-September. Fragments from earlier Russian attacks in Ukraine have repeatedly landed on Romanian territory.

Announcing a new round of EU sanctions on Russian energy and financial transactions on Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen deplored that in recent days "Russian drones have violated our union's airspace, both in Poland and in Romania."

Moscow Times || NDTV

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🇷🇺 Russia’s Minister of Health, Mikhail Murashko, saved the life of a passenger who fell ill and suffered a hypertensive crisis, which could have led to a heart attack. He was aboard a flight from Moscow to Hanoi, calming the man and helping to stabilize his condition until the aircraft landed.

According to the Telegram channel Shot, three hours into the Moscow–Hanoi flight, a Russian passenger suffered a hypertensive crisis, prompting the crew to urgently request medical assistance.

Among those on board was Russia’s Minister of Health, Mikhail Murashko, who was traveling to Vietnam on an official visit. Responding immediately, Murashko provided treatment and stabilized the man’s condition.

Mikhail Murashko, 58, is a physician and the Russian Minister of Health. He has served in the post since 21 January 2020 after a career that included leading Russia’s federal health-supervision agency (Roszdravnadzor) and work in regional healthcare administration.

Born in Sverdlovsk in 1967, he is a physician and longtime health administrator who began his career as an obstetrician-gynecologist in the Komi Republic before rising to head its Perinatal Center and later serving as the region’s health minister.

He moved to federal service as deputy head of Roszdravnadzor, Russia’s healthcare watchdog, becoming its chief in 2015.

President Vladimir Putin appointed him Minister of Health in Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s Cabinet in 2020.

Murashko’s career shows the value of appointing leaders with deep professional expertise to head critical ministries.

Economic Times || DTI News

WizardOfNG:
Your viewpoint shows you clearly have issues with the USA because objective folks would say their crime-fighting agency did well to capture the killer of Kirk in under 48 hours.

🇺🇸 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson has been taken into custody for the assassination of Charlie Kirk, according to the Daily Mail.

Robinson was reportedly turned in by his father.

“The killer then confessed to his father, who is a a 27-year veteran of the Washington County Sheriff's Department,” the Daily Mail reported.

“His father then contacted authorities and secured his son before he could be taken into custody.”