Three Russian MiG-31 fighters violated Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland on Friday, Estonia said, triggering complaints of a dangerous new provocation from the EU and NATO but a denial from Moscow. Italian F-35 fighters attached to NATO's air defence support mission in the Baltic states were scrambled to intercept the Russian jets and warn
In an opinion piece on September 15, the Russian ambassador claimed that today’s war stems from Kyiv’s refusal to implement the Minsk agreements, systemic discrimination against Russian-speakers and NATO’s aggressive expansion. In reality, it misrepresents a far more complex reality. The Minsk accords aimed to end fighting in Donbas. They failed to
Estonia summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter aircraft entered its airspace without permission Friday and stayed there for 12 minutes, the Foreign Ministry said. It happened just over a week after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland and heightened fears that the war in Ukraine could spill over. Foreign Minister