Russian aircraft violate airspace of 3 NATO nations

Q: Estonia said three Russian fighter jets crossed into its territory without permission last week. It was the third time in less than two weeks that Russian aircraft violated the territories of member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance of 30 European countries with the United States and Canada. Where is Russia?

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Q: NATO jets shot down three of 19 Russian drones that crossed Poland’s eastern border with which close Russian ally?

A. Albania

B. Belarus

C. Croatia

D. Slovenia

Q: The drone incursion was the first time since World War II that the Polish armed forces were mobilized to fight off a threat to their country. World War II in Europe started when Germany and which other nation invaded Poland?

A. Austria

B. Czechoslovakia

C. Finland

D. Soviet Union

Q: NATO member Romania reported Russian drones crashing into its territory and into neighboring Moldova after a recent attack on Ukraine. Which nation got control of Moldova in the 1939 secret agreement?

A. Nazi Germany

B. Soviet Union

Q: At the end of World War II, Soviet troops occupied nearly all of Eastern Europe and dominated the region more than 40 years until the Soviet Union weakened and fell apart in 1991. How many former Soviet “satellite states” and “republics” have joined NATO?

A. 5

B. 10

C. 15

D. 20


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