1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
In focus
IranUkraineGerman politics
Latest audioLatest videos
Live TV
ConflictsEstonia

Russian jets breach Estonian airspace, fueling NATO tensions

Irfan Aftab
September 20, 2025

Russian military jets reportedly violated Estonia's airspace for 12 minutes on Friday. The incident follows recent drone intrusions into Polish and Romanian airspace, which the EU condemned as an "extremely dangerous provocation."

https://p.dw.com/p/50nnB
Irfan Aftab, DW Journalist in Berlin, Germany
Irfan Aftab Journalist based in Berlin at DW News English & Urdu covering global affairs, society & culture.
Skip next section More on Conflicts from Europe

More on Conflicts from Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides on the day of a summit of the European Union and regional partners' leaders in Nicosia, Cyprus, April 24, 2026.

EU leaders weigh options to deal with Iran war

With Washington and Tehran holding the keys to peace, Europe's role remains uncertain.
ConflictsApril 24, 202602:44 min
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a man with a bald head, a beard and dark glasses, sits in a dimly-lit room and gestures with his left hand as he speaks to DW

Former Ukraine PM: Russia-Ukraine peace talks a 'sham'

Vladimir Putin still wants to occupy all of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk tells DW in an exclusive interview.
ConflictsApril 24, 202614:02 min
Ukraine Saporischschja Atomkraftwerk Feuer

Inside Zaporizhzhia — a nuclear plant in the midst of war

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fears of a nuclear accident have returned.
ConflictsApril 24, 202652:04 min
Show more
Skip next section More on Conflicts from around the world

More on Conflicts from around the world

Low-angle view of US troops in camouflage cleaning their weapons

More and more US military members don't want to go to war

Since the start of the war in Iran, there's been a surge in numbers of US soldiers filing as conscientious objectors.
ConflictsApril 25, 202608:04 min
Amal Khalil, a Lebanese journalist working for the daily Al-Akhbar newspaper, reports near a destroyed bridge in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, March 22, 2026.

Lebanese journalist killed in Israeli airstrike

Amal Khalil died while she was covering Israel-Hezbollah clashes in southern Lebanon. The UN has condemned the killing.
ConflictsApril 24, 202601:42 min
Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton sitting in his office. The wall behind him is decorated with framed certificates, and a US flag is seen at left

Bolton on Iran: 'I don't know what Trump's objectives are'

"We've had a real impact and regime change is still possible," ex-US national security adviser John Bolton told DW.
ConflictsApril 24, 202610:32 min
Show more