WARSAW, Poland — Three Russian fighter jets violated Estonia’s airspace Friday for an unusually long period, some 12 minutes, in what Estonia’s foreign minister called an “unprecedentedly brazen” intrusion” over the NATO country.

NATO responded to intercept the Russian jets, Allison Hart, the military alliance’s spokesperson, said in a statement on the social platform X. “This is yet another example of reckless Russian behavior and NATO’s ability to respond,” she said.

Early Saturday, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a post on Telegram that Russia did not violate Estonian airspace and that the jets had acted in compliance with international regulations.

Tensions were already high after at least 21 Russian drones flew in Polish airspace 10 days ago, prompting NATO to scramble figh

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