Estonia, NATO slam ‘brazen’ Russian air incursion, Moscow denies claim

Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has summoned the charge d’affaires at the Russian embassy over an alleged violation of Estonian airspace [File: Ozan Kose/ AFP]

Estonia has accused Russia of violating its airspace, claiming three supersonic Russian fighter jets entered its airspace in an “unprecedented and brazen” incursion.

The claim on Friday prompted immediate condemnation from NATO and European countries, who called it a “reckless” and “dangerous provocation”, but the Russian Ministry of Defence denied the allegation.