Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says incursion by Russian jets into Estonian airspace ‘could be big trouble’
Three Russian fighter jets entered Estonian airspace and remained there without permission for 12 minutes, the Estonian government has said.
It is the third Russian incursion into Nato airspace in a fortnight after drones flew into both Poland and Romania, in moves condemned by the military alliance.
US president Donald Trump said on Friday he would soon be briefed on the situation, but made clear he was not pleased.
He told reporters: “I don’t love it. I don’t like when that happens. Could be big trouble.”
Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsakhna said that Russia had already violated Estonian airspace four times this year “but today’s incursion, involving three fighter aircraft entering our airspace, is unprecedentedly brazen.”
His ministry said that the incursion took place over the Gulf of Finland and three Russian MIG-31 fighters were involved. The Russian charge d’affaires was summoned and given a protest note, a ministry statement said.
The North Atlantic Council, Nato’s main political decision-making body, is due to meet in Estonia early next week to discuss the Russian incursion.
