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Al Jazeera Staff, News Agencies

NATO warns Russia of airspace violations, will defend self, deter threats

Estonia said its airspace was violated by three Russian MIG-31 fighter jets. [Swedish army/AFP]

NATO has issued a stern warning to Russia against what it calls an “increasingly irresponsible” string of violations of its member states’ airspace, adding that it will employ “military and non-military” measures to defend itself.

In a statement on Tuesday, NATO said, “Our commitment to Article 5 is ironclad,” the provision in NATO’s founding treaty that commits all member states to mutual defence in the event of an attack on any one of them.

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