Three Russian Fighters Just Entered Estonian Air Space. What's Putin's Plan?

William Spaniel September 19, 2025
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Check out my book "How Ukraine Survived": https://amzn.to/47gnlEf. You can also read it for free by signing up for a Kindle Unlimited trial at https://amzn.to/3QMsBr8. (I use affiliate links, meaning I earn a commission when you make a transaction through them. Even if you read for free, you are still supporting the channel.) Earlier today, three Russian MiG-31 fighters crossed into Estonian airspace for 12 minutes. This marks the third incident over the last nine days. Today's video explores what actually happened, how this is different from the earlier incidents, and what the Kremlin's underlying strategy here is. It may be that a softer response is the best response. 0:00 Russian Fighters over Estonia 1:35 What Happened 3:19 Article 4 and How NATO Will Respond 5:50 The Turkiye Template 8:11 A Kremlin Trap? 9:54 Conservative Strike Back Options 12:12 NATO's Puzzle The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), EU, and NATO visual information does not imply or constitute an endorsement. Media licensed under GDFL 1.2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:GNU_Free_Documentation_License): By Dmitriy Pichugin: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Air_Force_Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-31P.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Air_Force_Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-31BM_Pichugin-1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Air_Force_MiG-31_inflight_Pichugin.jpg Media licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): By Kremlin.ru: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/49437 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/50329 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54660 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/58405 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69060 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69390 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71496 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71528 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72453 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73995 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/75909 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/75614 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76073 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76446 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76870 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76879 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/77046 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78004

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