The ministry said that flights of Russian fighter jets over the Baltic Sea on January 29 were not carried out
MOSCOW, January 31. /tass/. Flights of Russian Su-27 fighters over the Baltic Sea on January 29 were not carried out, the Russian Defense Ministry said, commenting on the statement of the Estonian Foreign Ministry about the alleged violation of the republic's airspace by a Russian Su-27 fighter in the area of Vaindloo Island.
"On January 29, flights of Russian Su-27 fighters over the Baltic Sea were not carried out. All flights of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft are carried out in strict accordance with International Rules for the Use of Airspace over neutral waters, without violating the borders of other states," the military department said.
The Estonian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it had summoned the Charge d'affaires of the Russian Federation and handed him a protest note because of the alleged violation of the country's air borders by a Russian plane. According to the press service of the General Staff of the Estonian Defense Forces, the incident occurred on January 29 in the morning, when a Russian Su-27 fighter allegedly violated the air border of Estonia near the island of Vaindloo and stayed there for less than a minute. According to the ministry, the Russian side did not provide a flight plan, the plane was flying with the transponder turned off and did not keep in touch with the Estonian air traffic control service.
