Anon09/24/25, 15:30No.1441661
On Friday, Estonia reported that three Russian MiG-31 jets had crossed into its airspace for 12 minutes before being forced to withdraw. The incident followed the entry of 20 Russian drones into Polish skies earlier this month, which Nato fighters shot down, and a separate Russian drone incursion into Romania.The breaches have rattled Europe, particularly countries bordering Russia, fuelling fears that Moscow is testing Nato’s defence commitments.Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said: “Russia clearly feels it can act with impunity in Ukraine, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the whole of eastern Europe.”He added: “Russia’s neighbours, not unreasonably, fear they could be next.”Estonia, which called for the emergency meeting, told the security council that its record of the jets’ incursion was “based on hard facts, based on solid evidence, whatever Russia is claiming”.Holding up a printout from the country’s air radar, Estonia’s foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, pointed to what he said was a clear “violation of Estonian territory and sovereignty”.He also displayed closeup photographs of the Russian jets, stressing that they were “carrying missiles and were combat-ready”.“The violation is crystal clear, and Russia is lying again, as it has lied before several times,” he said.Russia has rejected Estonia’s claims and has said it lacks evidence.