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After Russian drones breached Polish airspace, NATO sent a message to the Russians that such antics won’t be tolerated.
Ukraine war, President Trump has demanded NATO members that still buy Russian oil and gas end their reliance and find new supplies.
Russia denied responsibility, implying that the drones had simply lost their way; NATO and European officials suggested the violation was intentional. Whatever the case, the clash marked the first time that NATO engaged enemies in allied territory.
On September 13, Romania scrambled F-16 fighter jets after a drone entered its airspace during a Russian strike near the Ukrainian border. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the drone remained over Romanian territory for almost an hour. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas condemned the incident, calling it a "reckless escalation."
NATO has scrambled its first jet to defend its airspace under Eastern Sentry, the mission to secure airspace on its eastern flank that was launched in response to Russia's violations of Polish airspace.
Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum.