US President Donald Trump promised on Sunday that in the case of escalation by Russia, Poland will also defend the Baltic States. His statement thus came in response to Friday’s penetration of Moscow aircraft into the Estonian airspace, TASR reports on the basis of AFP report. “Yes, I would help. I would do that, ” Trump answered the question of whether it would help defend the countries of the European Union (EU) if Russia had intensified hostile activities.
Three Russian MiG-31 aircraft, which are able to carry hypersonic rockets Kinžal, disrupted the Estonian airspace on Friday. They broke without permission into the area by the island of Vainloo in the Baltic Sea, where they stayed for 12 minutes.
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the UN Security Council on Monday to convene its extraordinary meeting in connection with this incident.
