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Zelensky to urge EU leaders to speed up Europe’s drone shield plan

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky joined European Union leaders in Copenhagen on Thursday as they push ahead with plans to build a continent-wide defence shield against Russian drones. The summit follows a series of airspace intrusions that have rattled Denmark, Poland and Estonia, highlighting gaps in Europe’s security.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine war briefing: Estonia warns of Putin distraction tactics as EU leaders meet to discuss ‘drone wall’

Estonian leader Kristen Michal says Putin wants Europe ‘talking about ourselves, not Ukraine’ ahead of meeting in Copenhagen.

The Guardian - AU

Estonia PM Says Russia Incursions Aim To Distract EU From Ukraine: AFP Interview

Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal warned Tuesday that Russia's recent air incursions were an attempt to distract Europe from helping Ukraine, ahead of a summit with EU leaders.

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As the UK plans to introduce digital IDs, what can it learn from pioneer Estonia?

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that all UK citizens and legal residents are to have a mandatory digital ID to prove their right to live and work in the country.

The Conversation

‘A big chance for the populists’: Estonian city alert to the threat of Moscow in its mayoral election

Positioned on the border and with a 98% Russian-speaking population, Narva faces a test of its unity and resilience

The Guardian - UK

Russian forays into NATO airspace are causing alarm. Here's why they might be happening

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

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Nothing to fear’ or ‘removing civil liberties’? Digital ID plans spark fierce debate among Independent readers

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is split on government plans for a compulsory digital ‘Brit card’. While some warned it would erode civil liberties and fail to address illegal migration, others welcomed it as a modernisation of public services

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NATO Sticks To Guns As Allies Talk Tough On Russian Jets

After high-profile violations of NATO airspace by Russia over Poland and Estonia, alliance members have appeared at odds over how forcefully to react.

International Business Times

Trump suggests shooting down Russian planes in Nato airspace – but is that realistic?

IN DEPTH: European leaders have echoed the US president’s calls for stricter measures following several incursions into the alliance’s airspace. But former Nato officials tell Taz Ali that downing Russian aircraft would be complex

The Independent UK

Europe urgently needs to solve its Russian drone problem, Baltic officials say

Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow

The Independent UK

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

Multiple airspace violations are called dangerous by NATO with promise to defend member states.

Al Jazeera

'We cannot wait': EU calls for drone wall to deter Russia after new incident in Denmark

Denmark has joined Estonia, Latvia. Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria in the project to build a 'drone wall' alongside the Eastern flank.

Euronews

NATO warns Russia it will use 'necessary tools' to defend against airspace breaches

The statement comes after Estonia requested formal consultations under Article 4 of NATO's treaty after three Russian fighter jets entered its airspace.

Euronews

Russian incursions into Nato airspace show Ukraine’s allied coalition needs to be ready as well as willing

While the air and ground war in Ukraine grinds on, Moscow is increasing pressure on Kyiv’s western allies. Russian drone incursions into Poland in the early hours of September 10, and Romania a few days later, were followed by three Russian fighter jets breaching Estonian airspace on September 19.

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The Independent UK

EU entry-exit system: Estonia is first country to be ready on air, sea, rail and road

Exclusive: The country’s border posts will be EES-compliant from day one – 12 October

The Independent UK

NATO warns Russia it will use all means to defend against airspace breaches after Estonia incursions

NATO has warned Russia that it will use all means to defend against airspace breaches

The Independent UK

Explaining NATO's Article 4 as Estonia seeks consultations over Russian airspace violation

NATO allies have planned formal consultations at Estonia's request

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says Kyiv can ‘fight and win all of Ukraine back’ in major U-turn

The US president accused Vladimir Putin of ‘bad leadership’ during an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York

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The Guardian - UK

UK and Poland vow to confront Russian aircraft violating Nato airspace

Russia shrugs off criticism as Poland and Estonia speak about incursions at emergency meeting of UN security council

The Independent UK

Russia’s ‘reckless’ aggression over Estonian airspace condemned by leaders at UN Security Council

The broad condemnation comes as Putin offers Trump a nuclear deal in a bid to limit the arsenals of both countries

Axios

Russia's "brazen" NATO airspace violations head to UN Security Council

European leaders warn the incursions are a calculated escalation of Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: UK tells UN it will confront Putin’s planes if they violate Nato airspace

Putin’s airspace incursions risk ‘direct armed confrontation’ with Nato, Yvette Cooper says

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: UN security council to hold emergency meeting over Russia’s ‘brazen’ airspace violation

Donald Trump joins condemnation of Estonian airspace incursion and says he would help defend EU countries if Russia intensifies hostilities. What we know on day 1,307

The Guardian - UK

German jets scrambled after Russian military plane flies over Baltic Sea

Russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane ignored requests to make contact, in latest of what are seen as provocative acts by Kremlin

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says US would defend Poland and Baltic states from Russian attack

It comes as the UK sent fighter jets to Poland in a warning to Putin to stay out of Nato territory after repeated incursions

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