Here is how things stand on Saturday, September 20:

Regional security

Estonian officials say three Russian MiG-31 fighters entered Estonia’s airspace “over the Gulf of Finland” for a total of 12 minutes on Friday and called for NATO talks over the “unprecedented and brazen intrusion”.

Moscow denied violating Estonia’s airspace, with the Russian air force claiming its jets flew over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea as they travelled from northwestern Russia to the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.

The incident came a week after more than 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace and drew immediate condemnation from NATO and European countries.

NATO spokesperson Allison Hart accused Moscow of “reckless behaviour” and said the alliance had scrambled aircraft to intercept the Russian jets.

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