Drama over Estonia: a Russian military plane entered the airspace, then then responded immediately
The Russian military hunter Su-35 injured Estonia’s airspace above the Juminda peninsula on Tuesday night, the Estonian Ministry of Defense announced.
The incident lasted less than a minute, but long enough to get NATO to his feet, they say.
Particularly concerned with the fact that the Russian plane did not have a flight plan, it was excluded by a transponder, and during the flight he did not establish any radio connection with Estonian flight controllers.
NATO Air base in Emmai immediately responded, where the Portuguese F-16 fighter jets were raised in a scouting flight to the Baltic to accompany the situation.
Today, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited the Russian diplomat to interview and handed him an official protest note.
Namely, this is the first such incident this year. But the Baltic countries have long been warning of the increasing Russian provocations in the region.
Russian medium Lent.ru It writes that the real naval drama took place on the open sea, where the Estonia Navy, with the support of the Polish aviation, tried to stop the tanker Jaguar, who sailed toward a Russian port under the Gabon flag.
The Estonians first tried to get the crew to sail into their territorial waters, but when these refused, the situation became further complicated, Russian media reported.
– When the crew did not agree, the security forces began to threaten the collision and tried to descend the soldiers from the helicopter on the deck of the tanker – the announcement said.
Despite the tense situation, the tanker managed to continue the navigation and escape to the persecutors, retaining the direction to the Russian port. The action was attended by the Estonian patrol ship, a Navy ship, a helicopter, an aircraft and a Polish MiG-29 fighter jet.
Recall that a month ago, the Estonian Navy had already stopped another tanker who suspected that she had no state flag, insurance and that he was under the sanctions of the European Union, then commander of the Estonian Navy Ivo Värk reported.
