Estonia is ready to shoot down Russian air targets in the sky in case of border violations
27 October 15:05
Estonia is ready to shoot down Russian targets that cross Estonian airspace if necessary. The NATO protocol on this issue has been in place for 20 years.
This was stated by Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhkna during a joint conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports citing RBC-Ukraine.
The journalists asked Tsakhkna whether Estonia is ready to shoot down Russian targets that appear on your border today. He said that if necessary, it would be done.
“A very easy answer, as President Trump says. We will intercept and shoot them down. And the NATO protocol on this has been in place for 20 years. NATO is ready to defend its territory from the first second, from the first push,” the minister said.
He also noted that the time when Russia violated Estonian airspace for 12 minutes, NATO aircraft were on the ground and ready to act if they saw a direct threat to our sovereignty and independence.
“This was not the first time that Russia tested our capabilities and NATO’s Central European mission was reinforced immediately after the violation of Polish airspace. In this way, we are increasing coordination across our entire region and strengthening our capabilities,” said Tsakhkna.
As a reminder, in September, Russian attack drones violated the airspace of several NATO countries. The drones were spotted in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Germany, and France. In some places, this led to the temporary suspension of civilian airports
