The meeting will begin at 17.00 in Kyiv.
This is the first case for 34 years of Estonia’s membership in the UN, when the country officially asks for an emergency meeting of the Security Council, the Estonian Foreign Ministry emphasized.
“On September 19, three armed Russian fighters entered the airspace of Estonia for 12 minutes, violating the territorial integrity of Estonia and the UN Charter, which prohibits the threat of force or its use,” said the head of the department Margus Tsakhkna, “openly violating our airspace, Russia undermines the principles that are important for the security of all the UN member states. Therefore, it is extremely important that such Actions, especially when they are committed by a permanent member of the Security Council, were considered in this body. “
Tsakhkna recalled that more recently, Russian drones invaded the airspace of Poland, and the Russian shock drone remained in the airspace of Romania for an hour.
“These are not single incidents, but part of a wider escalation scheme on the part of Russia, both at the regional and global level. Such behavior requires an international answer,” said the Estonian Foreign Minister.
Context
On the night of September 10, Russian drones violated the airspace of the country. The Polish military called this an act of aggression by the Russian Federation. The head of the Bureau of International Political Policy President Martin Pshidach said that 21 drones flew into the territory of Poland, at least three UAVs were shot down. The Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation said that in Poland, allegedly “were not planned for defeat.”
The drones of the Russian Federation also repeatedly violated the airspace of Romania. In addition, on September 19, two Russian fighters flew at a prohibited low altitude over the Polish Petrobaltic Polish platform in the Baltic Sea.
On the same day Three Russian fighters of MiG-31 invaded Estonia in the area of the Vindlo Island, the country's defense forces reported. Finland raised its fighters To accompany the Russians, after which the Italian F-35 from the Estonian base of Emari joined the interception. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the Russian MiG-31 allegedly made a planned flight from Karelia to the Kaliningrad region, and refuted the accusations of violating the borders of other states, which is allegedly “confirmed by the means of objective control.”
Western analysts believe that the Russian Federation will continue to “probe” the defense of NATO.
