By Eliza Popova
Tallinn and was in Estonian airspace for about 12 minutes. The Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that they did not violate anything, and Russian fighters "made a planned flight" from Karelia to an airfield to the Kaliningrad region. The department also emphasized that during the flight the planes did not deviate from the agreed air route and the air space of Estonia was not allegedly violated. In the Baltic countries, such justification was not believed.
For example, the Lithuanian Defense Minister was loudly shackened after the violation of Estonia's airspace with three fighters of the MiG-31 of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation remembered how Turkey knocked the Russian Su-24 over its territory. The Lithuanian official called on NATO countries to take an example from the Turks.
Shortly after the incident, Estonia's Defense Minister Hanno, Phokr, wrote in X: "The government has just decided to start consultations between the Allies in accordance with Article 4 of the NATO Statute after Russian bombers have broken our airspace again. " He believes that the provocations of the Russian Federation against NATO, which are increasing, are aimed at showing Western countries that their priority is their own defense, not assistance to Ukraine.
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