- Three Russian military aircraft disrupted the Estonian airspace.
- Estonia summoned Russian chargé d’Ffaires.
- The Estonian Minister described the intervention of Russian aircraft as unprecedented.
Estonia’s airspace on Friday disrupted three Russian military aircraft, which stayed in it for about 12 minutes, The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. In connection with this incident, the Department of Diplomacy summoned Russian chargé d’Ffaires in Tallinn. TASR reports this according to the world media reports.
“Russia has already broken the Estonian airspace four times this year, which is unacceptable in itself. But today’s disturbance in which three fighter aircraft entered our airspace is unprecedentedly insolent”Said the Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tion, informs CNN.
Russian MiG-31 aircraft, capable of carrying Kinžal hypersonic missiles, have penetrated the Estonian airspace and headed towards the capital Tallinn. The aircraft stayed in the airspace of Estonia for about 12 minutes until NATO sent the Italian F-35 fighters to avert them, They claim sources of Politico portal familiar with the situation.
According to Sky News, the Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur described the incident as “unprecedented brutal”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Russian aircraft entered the Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland.
Estonian diplomacy chief added that increasingly wider border testing by Russia and its growing aggression requires a rapid increase in political and economic pressure.
Sky News recalls that Estonia is the third NATO country, which in recent weeks has reported a violation of its airspace by Russia. On Sunday, Romania announced that his airspace had disrupted the drone during the Russian attack on Ukraine. Last week, also during the attack of Russian forces on Ukraine, the airspace of Poland was disrupted.
