Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Russia to take meaningful steps toward resolving the Russia-Ukraine war, while Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna warned that Russia's aggression is strengthening European unity and resolve.

Intrusions into NATO’s airspace blamed on Russia have reached an unprecedented scale, raising questions about whether the Kremlin is trying to test the alliance’s willingness to respond to a direct attack or divert its attention and resources from the war in Ukraine.

EU/NATO states are weighing a blockade or port denial strategy in the Baltic to counter Russia’s hybrid warfare and dark fleet operations.

U.S. allies called an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after a series of incidents raised alarm about growing Russian threats to Europe.

Without firing a shot, Putin has over the past week managed to bring the war in Ukraine to NATO’s European borders.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned, 'Any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response.'

Russian drones and missiles have frequently breached NATO airspace in the past. Indeed, Ukrainian officials have complained that their allies have chosen to turn a blind eye to previous incursions. In late August a Shahed drone crashed in a cornfield in eastern Poland,

These incursions, said Politico, raise “difficult questions” for the Nato alliance. Although “Moscow insists it’s done nothing wrong”, Poland has shot down some of the drones that flew over its skies, and several Nato nations are warning that “they’re ready to shoot down Russian aircraft entering their airspace”.

The i Paper took a look at photos, videos and maps of some of Russia's recent military incursions into Nato airspace

Estonia, Lithuania and Romania warn that Russian drone and air violations require sustained U.S. military presence on NATO's eastern flank for effective deterrence.