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Three Russian MiG-31 fighters violated Estonian airspace for approximately 12 minutes; Swedish Gripens intercepted them after they exited to international airspace.

September 19, 2025 Gulf of Finland

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian MiG-31 (weapon_system) Estonia (organization) Swedish Gripens (military_unit) Russian MiG-31 interceptor jets (weapon_system) Vaindloo Island (location) Russian MiG-31 fighters (weapon_system) MiG-31 (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Estonian Defense Forces (organization)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Three Russian MiG-31 fighters violated Estonian airspace for approximately 12 minutes; Swedish Gripens intercepted them after they exited to international airspace.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Three Russian MiG-31 interceptor jets violated Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland near Vaindloo Island for approximately 12 minutes

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Three Russian MiG-31 fighters entered Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland and remained for 12 minutes

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland without permission and stayed there for 12 minutes

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.751Z

Source story: day-1303b-2025-09-22