Nato intercepts Russian fighter jets on ‘reckless’ violation of Estonian airspace | Estonia
NATO caught three Russian Mig-31 fighter planes violating the airspace on Estonia’s Baltic Sea in a 12-minute attack and called Moscow’s “reckless” behavior.
Kaja Kallas, a former Estyan Prime Minister, accused Moscow for “an extremely dangerous provocation ve, a former Estonian Prime Minister, and said that NATO’s latest violation of the eastern borders of NATO increased the tensions in the region further”.
The European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen said that Europe is “standing with Estonia” and “will respond to every provocation with determination”.
“As the threats increase, we will have pressure,” he said to the EU’s 27 member states to quickly approve of Bloc’s 19th sanction package against Moscow.
Since Russian drones exceeded the territory of Poland last week, tensions have been increasing at the eastern border of NATO. A NATO spokesman confirmed the last event, “he immediately responded and seized Russian planes” and “Nevertheless, another example of reckless Russian behavior ”. Moscow did not immediately comment.
Estonian Defense Forces, MIG-31s Friday morning, the Transatlantic Defense Alliance on the Baltic Sea as part of the air police mission was seized by the Italian F-35 fighter in Estonia in the ämiri in Estonia, he said.
The Estonian army said that Russian fighters entered the Estonian airspace near Vaindloo Island in the Gulf of Finland. The jets had no flight plans, closed their transponders, and they did not communicate with air traffic control.
Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahknna said, “Russia has violated Estonia four times this year, which is unacceptable for itself. But today’s attack … unprecedented.
“Russia’s increasingly comprehensive boundaries test and increasing aggression should be met with a rapid increase in political and economic pressure.”
Tallinn called Russia’s Chargé d’Affares to protest against violations.
António Costa, President of the Council of Europe, said EU leaders will discuss “collective answers” at a meeting in Copenhagen on October 1 to Russia’s violations of the European airspace. “Today, by three Russian military aircraft, violating the Estonian airspace is another unacceptable provocation,” he wrote.
Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that on Friday evening, the country demanded open consultations to NATO in accordance with Article 4 of the Treaty of the Alliance, which said that the members would consult when any land, political independence or security are threatened.
In a mission in X, three Russian Mig-31 fighter planes Jet confirmed that Jet entered the Estonian airspace and was confronted by NATO fighters without having to escape ”. “Such a violation is completely unacceptable, Mical Michal said.
NATO spokesman Allison Hart said that the North Atlantic Council will meet early next week to discuss the incident in more detail.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned his allies to take “strong action üzerinde against Moscow as“ ugly ..
“These are not an accident” Alerted on a social media postHe refers to a long list of Russian violations of the European airspace of Poland, Romania and Estonia, and claims to intervene in the election processes in Romania and Moldova.
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“It requires a systemic response,” he said. “Strong actions should be taken – by each nation both collectively and individuals.”
The incident, more than 20 Russian drones on the night of September 9-10 after entering the Polish airspace NATO Jets and Western officials asked Russia’s alliance preparation and determination to say that the testing.
The Polish airspace violation was the most serious cross -border attack on the NATO member state because Russia launched the occupation of Ukraine in 2022, but other alliance countries reported similar events.
Vaindloo Island is 200km from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Experts, Russian aircraft attacks are quite common in the region, but usually did not last until Friday, he said.
“This may be a test to see how Russia reacts to such a challenge, but it may also be a coincidence, Re says Reuters.
“Nevertheless, this happens in a certain context, in mind a few days ago in the drone attack in Poland.”
In the early hours of Friday, MI6, President of the British Foreign Intelligence Agency, said that Vladimir Putin wanted to negotiate peace in Ukraine and that the Russian president “draws us”.
Putin tries to bring his imperial will in his hand. But he can’t succeed, Ric Richard Moore said. “He thought he would win an easy victory. But he and others underestimated the Ukrainians.”
Tallinn, a loyal supporter of Ukraine, said in May that Moscow sent a brief fighter aircraft to the NATO airspace over the Baltic Sea, considering that Moscow was a part of a “Shadow Fleet önemli that challenges Western sanctions of a Russian oil tanker.
Reuters and Agent France-Presse contributed to this report
