{"id":2895,"date":"2025-09-23T04:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/at-unsc-meeting-west-and-russia-clash-over-nato-airspace-violations\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T04:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:35:37","slug":"at-unsc-meeting-west-and-russia-clash-over-nato-airspace-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/at-unsc-meeting-west-and-russia-clash-over-nato-airspace-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"At UNSC meeting, West and Russia clash over NATO airspace violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Russia denies the allegations and accuses European powers of levying baseless accusations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>NATO countries have accused Russia of <a href=\"https:\/\/aje.aj-harbinger.com\/news\/2025\/9\/22\/russia-accuses-estonia-of-airspace-incursion-falsity-to-stoke-tensions\">violating the airspace<\/a> of alliance members Estonia, Poland and Romania, as Russia rejected the claims and accused the European powers of levying baseless accusations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour reckless actions risk direct armed confrontation between NATO and Russia. Our alliance is defensive, but be under no illusion, we stand ready to defend NATO\u2019s skies and NATO\u2019s territory,\u201d UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said, addressing a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/22\/france-recognises-palestinian-state-ahead-of-the-unga-meeting\">France among six more countries to formally recognise Palestinian statehood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/22\/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1306\">Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,306<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/9\/22\/un-marks-80-years-amid-gaza-genocide-and-global-crises\">UN marks 80 years amid Gaza genocide and global crises<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cIf we need to confront planes operating in NATO space without permission, then we will do so,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper\u2019s comments were echoed by other Western countries at the meeting, including the European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, who suggested that the multiple incidents could not be considered an accident.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski said that Russian aircraft would be brought down if they entered his country\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or by mistake, and gets shot down and the wreckage falls on NATO territory, please don\u2019t come here to whine about it. You have been warned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several European countries have accused Russia of violating their airspaces in the past weeks, which Moscow has denied.<\/p>\n<p>Estonia said on Friday that Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace for 12 minutes, before they were forced to withdraw, in an episode that Western officials said was designed to test NATO\u2019s readiness and resolve.<\/p>\n<p>Romania said last week that its radar detected a Russian drone, prompting it to scramble fighter jets.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Poland reported that it had shot down several drones during a Russian aerial attack on Ukraine, marking the first time NATO forces have directly engaged in the conflict that began after Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion of its neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister said that such actions by Moscow should be met robustly, and renewed Kyiv\u2019s offer to integrate its air defences into those of neighbouring Western countries to counter the Russian front.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA strong response means that a threat should not be escorted, neither for 12 minutes, nor for one minute. It should be neutralised,\u201d said Andrii Sybiha.<\/p>\n<p>Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, triggering Europe\u2019s deadliest conflict since World War II. It has also forced European nations to boost their defence amid fears of Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>United States President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to end the war seem to have faltered so far.<\/p>\n<p>NATO\u2019s North Atlantic Council will meet to discuss the issue on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The US\u2019s new envoy to the UN, Michael Waltz, making his first appearance since taking his post, said that Moscow needed to defuse tensions, not exacerbate them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to take this first opportunity to repeat and to emphasise: The United States and our allies will defend every inch of NATO territory,\u201d Waltz said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s deputy ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, said there was no evidence backing the claims of Moscow\u2019s incursions into NATO members\u2019 airspace, and accused European powers of levying baseless accusations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won\u2019t be partaking in this theatre of the absurd,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you decide that you want to engage in a serious discussion about European security, about the fate of our common continent, about how to make this continent prosperous and secure for everybody, we\u2019ll be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia denies the allegations and accuses European powers of levying baseless accusations. NATO countries have accused Russia of violating the airspace of alliance members Estonia, Poland and Romania, as Russia rejected the claims and accused the European powers of levying baseless accusations. \u201cYour reckless actions risk direct armed confrontation between NATO and Russia. 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