US EditionRussian MiG-31s Violate Estonian Airspace for 12 Minutes as NATO F-35s Intercept
Three Russian MiG-31 jets entered Estonian airspace for 12 minutes without transponders or flight plans, prompting NATO to scramble Italian F-35 jets to escort them out, marking the fifth violation this year.
- Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna highlighted this incursion as 'unprecedentedly brazen' and indicated possible Article 4 consultations.
- EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas described the incident as 'an extremely dangerous provocation' that escalates regional tensions.
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Russian fighters are violating Estonia's airspace, NATO is pushing them off. Demand for tougher reactions to such incidents is being voiced.
A week after Russian Gerber drones accidentally strayed over Poland, Russian MiG-31 fighter jets were flying over Estonian airspace. They were on a routine flight to Kaliningrad. Not only did they get lost, they were still lingering there.
Estonia is calling the UN Security Council for the first time according to its own information. It is about the violation of NATO's and EU's airspace by three Russian fighter jets.
The Estonian authorities claimed on 19 September that three Russian MiG-31 fighter aircraft had crossed their airspace for several minutes. The pilots reportedly ignored the warnings sent by Italian NATO fighters. Faced with this intrusion, the Estonian Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahkna, officially seized the UN Security Council, reports Euronews. The forum is scheduled to meet urgently on Monday, 22 September in New York, while Moscow denies any…
The Estonian Ministry of Defense published a graphic of the route that Russian fighters flew in Estonian airspace on Friday.
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