Russia warned this Saturday to the NATO and European Union (EU) that any aggression with its territory will have a “decisive response.” He said it in a tension context by war with Ukraine, After strange aerial sightings, some of its armed forces.
In recent days, tensions increased along the NATO eastern flank, after Estonia accused Moscow of sending three combat planes to her airspace.
Russia to NATO and the EU: any aggression will have a “decisive response”
“Russia is being accused of being about to plan an attack against the North Atlantic Alliance and the countries of the European Union. The president (Vladimir) Putin repeatedly discredited these provocations, “Lavrov said before the United Nations General Assembly.
The president of USA, Donald Trumpsaid this week that it supports the idea of knocking down the Russian airplanes that violate the airspace of the union. In that line, before the UN Security Council, he said that “he will defend every centimeter of the NATO territory.”
Lavrov, who has been in office for more than two decades, said that Moscow is alarmed by the comments of some politicians in the EU capitals and NATO of an imminent World War third as a “probable scenario.”
“These figures are undermining any effort to find a fair balance of interest among all members of the international community when trying to impose their unilateral approaches on everyone else, “he said.
Lavrov met Wednesday with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubioon the banks of the annual world leaders meeting at the UN General Assembly.
Three Russian combat planes entered Estonia and were intercepted by NATO fighters
He Estonia Foreign Ministry He denounced that Three Russian Mig-31 fighters violated that country on Friday. The nation, which is a member of the European Union (EU) and of the NATOHe confirmed that they were intercepted by Italian forces.
“The incursion took place on the Gulf of Finland, where Three MIG-31 combat aircraft of the Russian Federation They entered the Estonian Air Space (…) and remained there for a total of 12 minutes, ”said the Foreign Ministry in a statement.
The Estonian Army confirmed that The airplanes were intercepted by Italian F-35 Based on ämari, Estonia, as part of an air monitoring mission on the Baltic Sea.
Source: Ambito
