NATO Acknowledges Russian Fighters May Accidentally Fly into Estonia

NATO has acknowledged that Russian MiG-31 fighters may mistakenly fly into Estonia, according to Bild.

The alliance has yet to reach a consensus regarding the assessment of an incident that occurred on September 19 in Estonian airspace. According to Bild, countries in Eastern and Northern Europe believe that the incident was a deliberate provocation by Moscow. They estimate that armed fighters deliberately violated Estonia's airspace by up to 5 kilometers and remained there for 12 minutes.

At the same time, Germany and Southern and Western European countries secretly assert that an error was made. A senior German official has stated that the three MiG-31 pilots could have “missed” their target by several kilometers, failing to maintain the narrow corridor of international airspace between Finland and Estonia.