NATO member Estonia says Russia has violated its airspace for first time by helicopter in highly provocative move

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Estonia has accused Russia of violating its airspace for the first time by helicopter, in a highly provocative move ahead of a major NATO summit.

 

The Baltic state, a member of the NATO alliance, also said ongoing Russian military exercises are simulating missile strikes against its country daily.

 

"This is the picture of the threat. How we see the Russian threat… It has never been as serious as it is now," said Kusti Salm, the top civil servant at the Estonian defence ministry, speaking to journalists on Tuesday.

 

The hostile activity emerged as Russia is locked in a heated exchange with Lithuania, another Baltic state and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin's regime, over a decision by Vilnius to block the transit by rail of certain sanctioned goods to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.

 

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https://news.sky.com/story/estonia-says-russia-has-violated-its-airspace-for-first-time-by-helicopter-in-highly-provocative-move-12638006

 

 

[ukrules]

They should have immediately shot it down

[coolcarer]

Estonia and Lithuania both being threatened, time for Nato to remind Russia of article 5.