– I do not know if these incidents are part of a script, but they are part of Russia's textbook actions, which also include reckless actions – said the head of Finnish diplomacy Elin Valtonen during Saturday's debate as part of the Helsinki Safety Conference. In her opinion, Russia will not cease to put Europe to the test and create problems.
On the other hand, she also admitted that violations of other countries by Russian aircraft should not worry. From a Finnish perspective – she argued asked by “Helsingin Sanomat” – they are nothing new, because similar cases have happened in Finland over the years. At that time, she reminded, it was always reacted, although now as part of NATO.
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According to the alliance, Finnish, Swedish and Italian fighters participated on Friday in the surgery to capture the three Russian Migs-31 in the Estonian space that stayed there for about 12 minutes.
The Russian Ministry of Defense in an official announcement denied that three Russian military aircraft violated the Estonian airspace, making a planned flight from Karelia to the Królewiec region.
