NATO-East flank
Russian fighter jets penetrate in Poland’s airspace – Estonia wants to exclude Article 4
According to Estonia, Poland also reports Russian fighter planes in his airspace. The jets flew over a drilling platform. Estonia wants to call NATO consultations.
After three Russian MIG-31-fight jets have entered the airspace of the Baltic Land and NATO member, according to the Estonian government, Poland also reports the overflight in its territory. Two jets flew in the “Petrobaltic” drilling platform in the Baltic Sea, according to the Polish border protection. The country’s armed forces were informed.
“The Polish security services constantly monitor the situation within the critical maritime infrastructure outside of the Polish territorial waters,” said the authority.
A few hours earlier, Estonia said that three Russian machines were unauthorized in the Estonian airspace for twelve minutes, said Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna. The country had protested in the country’s highest ranking diplomat in the country. The incident occurs against the background of increased tensions on the eastern flank of NATO.
Because of the violation of its airspace, the country wants to apply for consultations according to Article 4 of the NATO contract. Prime Minister Kristen Michal announced this on platform X. The article provides for consultations of the alliance partners when a member country sees its security threatened.
Russia has already injured airspace four times this year
Russia has already injured the Estonian airspace four times this year, which was already unacceptable in itself, said Tsahkna. However, the current incident is particularly serious because of the three fighter jets. He occurred a week after more than 20 Russian drones had entered Polish airspace in the night from September 10 to September 10th. NATO jets then shot some of them. Western representatives had declared that Russia tested the willingness and determination of the alliance.
“The minister has to respond to Russia’s increasing testing of the borders and its aggressiveness with a rapid tightening of political and economic pressure,” said the minister. Estonia, which decisively supported Ukraine, had already announced in May that Moscow had briefly sent a fighter jet into the NATO airspace over the Baltic Sea. This happened in the attempt to stop a tanker on the way to Russia, which was probably part of a “shadow fleet” to avoid western sanctions.
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