The foray happened just over a week after Nato planes downed Russian drones over Poland
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The foray happened just over a week after Nato planes downed Russian drones over Poland
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Three Russian fighter aircraft entered Estonian airspace without permission on Friday, the country’s Foreign Ministry said. The aircraft remained there for 12 minutes.
Russia has been accused of repeated incursions into Nato territory by fighter jets and drones in recent months
The encroachment comes after several alleged Russian airspace violations in Estonia, Poland, Romania and Denmark
The incident comes just over a week after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland.
Estonia’s foreign minister condemned the incursion as ‘unprecedentedly brazen’
The incident comes just over a week after more than 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace on the night of September 9-10.
It comes as the UK sent fighter jets to Poland in a warning to Putin to stay out of Nato territory after repeated incursions
