Chairman Roger Wicker: We want our allies to have the tools they need to deter Russian aggression

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission): House Commission · November 19, 2025

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Opening: Russian airspace violations

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Unidentified Speaker said that this fall Russia violated the sovereign airspace of four NATO eastern-flank countries, naming Poland, Romania, Estonia and Lithuania, and framed those incursions as deliberate drone crossings rather than accidents.

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Unidentified speaker opened a hearing warning that Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace and other malign activities are part of a coordinated campaign, urged stronger U.S. deterrence, and cited new legislation (Eastern Flank Strategic Partnership Act) to prioritize assistance for frontline allies; the speaker also criticized a recent Pentagon plan to reduce rotational forces in Romania.

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