Trump said that NATO countries can shoot down Russian planes in their skies

US President Donald Trump believes that NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft if they violate airspace. He stated this during a meeting with the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

So Trump answered the corresponding question of a journalist.

"Yes, I think so," said Trump, quoted by TASS.

To the clarifying question of whether the United States is ready to assist its allies in this, the American leader said that it "depends on the circumstances."

Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented in an interview with CBS in New York answered the question of whether the United States is ready to participate in the downing of Russian aircraft if they violate the airspace of European countries again.

"Well, I don't think anyone talked about shooting down Russian planes if they don't attack. I think you've seen NATO respond to these invasions the same way we respond to them all the time. That is, when they enter your airspace or your defense zone, you go up and intercept them. And that's what NATO has done, and that's what NATO will continue to do. The United States is a NATO partner, a NATO member, an important member — the most important member of NATO. And I think that yesterday at the United Nations, our new ambassador here, Mike Waltz, made it very clear that we will work with our allies to protect every inch of NATO territory. That commitment remains unwavering," Rubio said.

His interview is published on the website of the State Department.

Earlier, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski threatened Russia with consequences if another plane or missile crossed the airspace of NATO countries. He stated this at today's meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Estonia.

As EADaily reported, if Europe wants a serious conversation about European security, Russia is ready for this, but it will not participate in the theater of the absurd. This was stated by the first Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky at a meeting on the situation in the airspace of Estonia.

Polyansky's speech is published on the website of the permanent mission. "Paranoia reaches unprecedented heights," he said.

Provocations similar to the incidents in Bulgaria, Poland and Estonia, the West is satisfied for the sake of creating on Ukraine has a no-fly zone to cover its factories. This was stated in the social network X by British journalist Warren Thornton.

Against the background of the US intention to reduce security assistance to the Baltic States and other European countries bordering Russia, Russian fighter jets violated Estonian airspace and flew over a Polish oil and gas platform, which worried analysts. This was reported by Reuters.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation responded to the accusation from Estonia that three Russian military aircraft allegedly invaded the airspace of the Baltic country.

The corresponding statement was published on Saturday, September 20, by the press service of the Russian military department. It says that on September 19, 2025, three Russian MiG-31 fighters made a scheduled flight from Karelia to the airfield in the Kaliningrad region.

Recall that the accusations by European countries accusing Russia of allegedly violating Polish airspace with its drones are unfounded. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.