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Vaindloo island, a tiny rocky outcrop in the Gulf of Finland, is serving as an unlikely barometer for rising tensions between NATO and Russia.

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.

NATO faces increased Russian testing through gray-zone tactics as Trump warns the Ukraine war could lead to World War III with Moscow.

Meanwhile, Nato chief Mark Rutte has warned that Russia could launch an exceptional blitz in Europe to distract the West from a Chinese invasion attempt. A satellite image shows the invasion system lining up off the shore of Zhanjiang city, in southern ...

Zelenskyy again urged foreign countries to help blunt Russia’s long-range attacks by providing more air defence systems for the country, which is vast and complex to defend from Moscow's daily air raids.

Russian incursions into NATO airspace are fueling divisions among allies, with some warning that repeated Article 4 signals risk weakening deterrence without real action.

The incident came shortly after an estimated 20 Russian drones crossed into NATO member Poland. Both Warsaw and Tallinn triggered NATO’s Article 4, in which member nations come together to discuss “whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened.”