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Hearing warns of Russian probes into NATO airspace, urges U.S. leadership and new Eastern-flank aid bill
Summary
An unidentified speaker at the U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing said Russian drones violated the sovereign airspace of four NATO countries and called for stronger U.S. deterrence; the speaker also cited the new Eastern Flank Strategic Partnership Act and criticized a recent Pentagon plan to reduce rotational forces in Romania.
An unidentified speaker at a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe hearing said this fall Russia ‘‘violated the sovereign airspace of 4 countries on NATO's eastern flank’’ and argued the incursions are part of a coordinated campaign to probe allied defenses.
The speaker named Poland, Romania, Estonia and Lithuania and said the drone crossings were ‘‘not accidents’’ but deliberate tests of how far Moscow can push before encountering a firm response. ‘‘These provocations are not accidents, and they're not isolated,’’ the speaker said.
The speaker placed those incidents in a broader pattern of hostile activity, saying Russia has ‘‘executed…
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