Russian warplane violated Estonia's airspace, ambassador summoned

The Estonian Defense Forces have recorded another case of the violation of country's airspace by Russian military aircraft.

As reported by Censor.NET citing rus.err.ee, at 00:10 p.m., near the island of Vayndloo in the Gulf of Finland, a Russian An-72 military cargo aircraft entered Estonia's airspace, the General Staff of the Estonian Defense Forces informed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy to file a note of protest.

The aircraft stayed in the airspace of Estonia for at least one minute. Aircraft transponder was switched on. The plane's crew earlier presented a flight plan according to which the aircraft was supposed to fly in international airspace only.

During its stay in the airspace of Estonia, the plane did not go for a radio contact with the dispatcher service.