(Corrects media tag from UKRAINE-CRISIS/ESTONIA-UNILEVER)

By John Irish and Tom Balmforth

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Britain's foreign minister warned on Monday that Russia's incursions into NATO territory risked triggering an armed conflict, drawing an immediate rebuke from Moscow, which dismissed Europe's concerns as groundless and hysterical.

Confronting Russia at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "Your reckless actions risk direct armed confrontation between NATO and Russia. Our alliance is defensive but be under no illusion we stand ready to defend NATO's skies and NATO's territory."

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