Russian forays into NATO airspace are causing alarm. Here's why they might be happening
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CORRECTS SOURCE FOR POOL - Russian President Vladimir Putin accompanied by Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, left, and Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, right, inspects Russian weapons and equipment during his visit to the Russian-Belarusian joint military drills "Zapad 2025" (West 2025) at the Mulino training ground in Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Sergey Bobylev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Territorial defense officers pick up debris from the destroyed roof of a house, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine, in Wyryki near Lublin, Poland, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)In this image made from video, Police and Military Police secure parts of a damaged object shot down by Polish authorities at a site in Wohyn, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafal Niedzielski)General Wieslaw Kukula, center, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces during at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister for an extraordinary government meeting, following violations of Polish airspace during a Russian attack. in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland via AP)
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CORRECTS SOURCE FOR POOL - Russian President Vladimir Putin accompanied by Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, left, and Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, right, inspects Russian weapons and equipment during his visit to the Russian-Belarusian joint military drills "Zapad 2025" (West 2025) at the Mulino training ground in Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Sergey Bobylev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
