Any NATO member state that shoots down a Russian warplane would trigger a “war” with Russia, Moscow’s envoy to Paris, Aleksey Meshkov, has warned.

Last Friday, Estonia claimed that Russian military aircraft had briefly violated its airspace, due to which Tallinn requested urgent consultations with fellow NATO members. Earlier this month, Poland alleged that multiple Russian decoy drones entered its territory.

Moscow has denied both sets of allegations.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte did not rule out shooting down Russian warplanes should they violate the bloc’s airspace, emphasizing, however, that such decisions are made strictly on a case-by-case basis.

When asked how Russia would react if one of its warplanes was shot down by NATO, Meshkov told France’s RTL radio station on Thursday “that would mean war.”

According to the Russian diplomat, “quite a lot of [NATO military] planes accidentally or not accidentally violate our airspace. And no one shoots them down.”

He also insisted that NATO member states have failed to produce “material” evidence to back up their accusations.

On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov similarly dismissed claims over the supposed incursion by Russian warplanes into Estonian airspace as “hysteria” that is “absolutely baseless and unfounded.”

Russia’s Defense Ministry said that three MiG-31s were conducting a routine flight from Karelia Region, east of Finland, to an airfield in Kaliningrad Region, a Russian exclave bordering Poland and Lithuania, and that they strictly flew over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea.

Addressing an emergency UN Security Council on Monday, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski vowed that his country would destroy any Russian aircraft or missile that crossed into its airspace.

Last week, Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene similarly urged NATO to be firm in the face of supposed Russian attempts to “test” its resolve.

https://www.rt.com/russia/625270-russian-envoy-france-nato-war-military-aircraft/

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Is NATO trying to false-flag Trump into Ukraine?
The sudden chorus of Europeans crying about Russia’s supposed airspace violations comes at a convenient time

Until now, US President Donald Trump has shown no real interest in the Ukraine conflict, beyond wanting to put it to bed in time to collect his Nobel Peace Prize. Now, suddenly, he’s publicly adopting the position that Ukraine could not only “take back their country” from Russia on the battlefield, but also “maybe even go further than that.”

Does he really believe that? Not likely. But there’s money to be made in peddling American weapons to NATO countries, notably in Europe, under the pretext. Guess he figures that if this isn’t going to be wrapped up before the peace award deadline, then he may as well just take the war profits as a consolation prize. As long as America doesn’t have to get its hands dirty, since the EU’s continental geniuses keep saying how keen they are to do all the dirty work.

But European NATO seems to have found a new scheme that could drag Trump deeper into the whole mess. Because have you ever heard so much whining about supposedly offside aircraft than in the past month?

“The Kremlin needs a clear stop sign. A clear message to Russia that every military border violation will be answered with military means, up to and including the shooting down of Russian fighter jets over NATO territory,” said German parliamentarian Jürgen Hardt.

A stop sign. For air traffic violations. Like when your town decides to put in a roundabout at a problematic intersection. Or, you know, just starts straight up shooting at cars. Same thing really, this German lawmaker apparently figures. And so do Czech, Estonian, Polish, and Lithuanian leaders, apparently – all suddenly entertaining the possibility of shooting down stuff in the air that goes offside.

What a weird thing to simultaneously agree on. It’s like they’re all in the same group chat or something. We’re talking here about Estonia accusing 3 Russian MiG-31 jets of deliberately slipping into Estonian NATO airspace for a whopping 12 minutes. Less time than you spend waiting in line at fast food joints these days or scrolling TikTok. So you know what that means. Armageddon.

“This was a very serious violation of the NATO airspace. We are talking about 12 minutes of violation. Last time we saw it just before Estonia joined NATO, it was 2003,” saidthe Estonian defense minister. Oh no, the second time in 22 years! Practically a trend. Almost as often as neon leg warmers have come back since the ‘80s.

“But now the global situation is totally different, the regional situation is different,” he continued. “Just a couple of days before we saw a full-scale attack against Poland with 19 drones. And if you put it all in the pattern, so Russia is turning on the heat, Russia is testing more NATO.”

So apparently it’s the Cuban Missile Crisis all over again. Such a massively big deal that US President Donald Trump, when asked about it at first, literally said, “Yeah, we don’t like it.” Look, I just left a longer and more passionate online review for a disappointing face cream that I bought on Amazon.

When pressed on whether the US would defend Poland and the Baltics, Trump promised, “Yes, I would.”Sounds like every friend who swears they’ll help you move but ghosts when it’s time to wrestle IKEA furniture.

But here comes the NATO chorus, right on cue, to belt out its usual hits about Russian escalation:

“This is a very serious breach, it is potentially a serious escalation. NATO’s eastern flank is taken very, very seriously,” said British deputy prime minister David Lammy.

“Recent violations of the Union’s airspace, including yesterday’s outrageous violation of Estonian airspace by Russian MiGs, underline the need and urgency for Europe to take responsibility for its own security,” said EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis.

“This is yet another example of reckless Russian behavior,” added NATO spokesperson Allison Hart.

Wow, so many adjectives. Serious! Outrageous! Reckless! NATO must have a “Word of the Day” calendar that they’re just dying to show off.

So this is the third alleged Moscow airspace incident in a month – first Poland and Romania with drones, then Estonia with jets. Assuming the jets and drones did cross the border, it’s curious that no one has yet produced verifiable evidence for the claim. Russia says that Estonian jets were at least 3 km off their territory and is still asking to see the receipts – but who really cares about facts when outrage has already been served? Not the NATO Secretary General, apparently.

Whether or not the acts were deliberate, “it was anyway reckless. It was a bunch of Russian drones, even if they were not intent to go into Poland, if that will be the outcome of this… And of course, if it was the intent, there’s even more serious. But in both cases, it is reckless,” Mark Rutte said. “Eastern Sentry will add flexibility and strength to our posture and make clear that, as a defensive alliance, we are always ready to defend,” he added.

Yeah who cares if the violations actually happened, technically speaking. NATO is triggered. Bigly. And that’s what really matters here. These alleged incidents may or may not have happened, but outrage definitely DID happen. All these NATO guys losing it. Probably freaking out in ALL CAPS in their group chat asking whether they should scramble the jets.

Oh wait, what’s this Eastern Sentry thing that Rutte’s talking about? A NATO Operation is already in play? You don’t say! And look at that, Royal Air Force Еyphoon jets are already flying over Poland, according to the British defense ministry.  Where would they be without all this hysteria? Back home, probably. And how inconvenient would that be when the Brits and French are trying to get air cover and troops in place “for Ukraine” in the event of some kind of ceasefire, they say.

What a convenient way to try to get the US Air Force involved when Trump has been snoozing on this issue. Will he bite? Not yet, at least. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Secretary of War, reported that he’s “in close consultation” with NATO’s “Supreme Allied Commander for Europe.” Translation: still Europe’s problem. Unless they can find just the right pretext...

Why not just settle all this by drawing white “do not cross” lines in the sky like kids do with chalk on a playground? The mentality that we’re dealing with here is about on par. But then again, where would all the war profits be in that?

https://www.rt.com/news/625265-nato-trump-false-flag/

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