Estonia will invite for urgent negotiations pursuant to Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty to disturb the airspace of the country by Russian military aircraft, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal announced on Friday. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
“This morning, three Russian fighters MiG-31 entered the Estonian airspace.
Michal stated that such a disruption is unacceptable. “Estonia’s government decided to apply for consultations under Article 4 NATO”He added. Poland proceeded to the same step last week after the Russian attack on Ukraine was disturbed by its airspace.
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday that the airspace of Estonia was disrupted by three Russian MiG-31 aircraft capable of carrying Kinžal hypersonic missiles. They stayed in the Estonian airspace for about 12 minutes. Estonia summoned a Russian diplomat in Tallinn in response to the incident.
The incident was condemned by the head of the European Union Foreign Policy Kaja Kallasová and the President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leyen. According to Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrij Sybihu, this is “another Russian escalation”. The head of German diplomacy Johann Wadephul said that the disturbance of the airspace of Estonia from the tent of Moscow is “unacceptable”.
NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte on the X Network announced that he had spoken to the Estonian Prime Minister and added that the Alliance’s reaction “in the Eastern Sentry operation was fast and decisive”.
