Intercept for NATO, “irresponsible behavior” … what we know about the violation of Estonian airspace by Russia

Three Russian combat planes entered Estonia’s airspace this Friday, September 19 for 12 minutes, once again causing Western leaders.

• 12 minutes intrusion

According to the Estonia Government, the three Russian combat aircraft, MIG-31, have penetrated the country’s airspace, intercept the Russian airplanes.

According to the first observations of the Estonian Army, the three MIG-41 “had no flight plan and their transfers were extinct.”

• NATO denunciation “irresponsible behavior”

As a result, Tallin summoned the officials of the Russian embassy to express their protest. For its part, NATO, through the voice of its spokesman Allison Hart, denounces “a new example of the irresponsible behavior of Russia”, while greeting “the reaction capacity” of the Atlantic Alliance.

The head of the European diplomacy Kaja Kallas described this rape of the Estonian airspace of an “extremely dangerous provocation” by Vladimir Putin, who “puts the Western test to the west.” Ukraine denounces a “escalation” of Moscow.

“While Russia does not receive a really strong response, it will only become more arrogant and aggressive,” said Andrïï Sybiga.

• The third rape of the airspace of an EU country in ten days

It is not the first violation of the airspace of an NATO country by Russia. On September 10, 19 Kremlin drones flew over the Polish sky. Three of them were killed by Dutch combat planes. To deal with this threat, the Atlantic Alliance launched the “Eastern Sentinel” operation to strengthen the defense of its eastern borders.

In this context, France has deployed three explosions in Poland, ready to destroy Russian devices in case of a new intrusion. Romania also deplored the intrusion of a Russian drone this Saturday. Since the beginning of the year, Estonia has identified four intrusions of his airspace by Russia.

In 2015, Türkiye killed a Russian military plane near its Syrian border, Ankara believed that the plane entered its airspace and that the citation was communicated by the Turkish army. A version of the facts that Moscow continues to deny.