"Turkey showed an example": In Lithuania, they called to knock Russian aircraft over NATO territories

Trust Shakalanier on September 19 posted a post in her account on the X network, which called Russian fighters over Tallinn "another convincing confirmation that #easternsntry had long been ripe. " NATO's Easternsntry Operation was launched on September 12, two days after Russian drones flew into Poland during a massive attack of Ukraine. "The NATO border in the northeast is not just tested. We must be decisive," Lithuanian Defense Minister said.

She added that in 2015, Turkey showed a "example"-that year, the Turks were knocked down in their airspace by a Russian Su-24 bomber. "Material for reflection," Shakalene wrote. Above Turkey, the Russian SU-24 was beaten November 24, 2015, when the bomber broke the Turkish airspace and ignored the warning.

The Russian media wrote that the shotable aircraft fell on the territory of Syria, and in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the board was all the time only over the Syrian territory. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan then stated that he was not going to apologize for the Su-24, because "those who have broken the airspace should apologize. " Turkish Tanga Bilggic Foreign Ministry representative stated that the country would not pay compensation to Russia.

On the evening of September 19, Russian Mig-31 fighters violated Estonia's airspace and approached Tallinn. Italian F-35 was raised for interception. Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhkna emphasized that this was the fourth case of Russia's violation of Estonian airspace for 2025. The Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that the fighters "made a planned flight" over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea and did not fly to Estonia.