The American President, Donald Trump, assured on Sunday that the USA would participate in the defense of Poland and the Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania - if Russia escalates its military activity in the region.
When asked by a journalist if he would help defend these four NATO member countries in case Russia escalates its actions in the region, the American president replied, "Yes, I will do it, I will do it."
Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonia's airspace over the Gulf of Finland and remained there for about 12 minutes, Estonia and NATO alerted on Friday.
"We don't like that," said Donald Trump on Sunday from the White House.
Italy, which takes on a policing mission in NATO over the Baltic skies, as well as Sweden and Finland, have launched aircraft from the ground to intercept the Russian planes.
A special meeting of the UN Security Council is set to take place on Monday at the request of Estonia, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday.
On the night of September 9th to 10th, NATO aircraft shot down Russian drones over Poland. Regarding the Russian intrusion, Donald Trump had previously stated that "it could have been a mistake."