Three Russian fighters MiG-31 They invaded Estonia in the area of Vindlo island and were in the country's airspace for almost 12 minutes, the country's defense forces reported. Due to the incident, Finland raised its fighters to escort Russian aviation, after which the Italian F-35 from Emari's Estonian base joined the interception. They accompanied the fighters of the Russian Federation to the district of the Kaliningrad region.
However, the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country said that Three Russian MiG-31 Jacobs They made a planned flight from Karelia to the airfield to the Kaliningrad region. In the Russian Federation they refuted accusations of violating the borders of other states that Jacobs “confirmed by means of objective control.”
“During the flight, Russian aircraft from the coordinated air route did not deviate and Estonia did not violate the aircraft. The aircraft flight route ran over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea at a distance of more than 3 km from the Windlo Island,” the Russian military department said.
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NATO regularly intercepts Russian planes over the Baltic Sea and in other regions. By data The Alliance, in 2023, his Air Force rose more than 300 times on interception due to the fact that Russian aviation often flew without flight plans, with and without contact with dispatchers.
