{"id":1371794,"date":"2026-03-20T10:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russian-fighter-jet-violates-estonian-airspace-tallinn-summons-kremlin-ambassador-for-explanation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:39:19","slug":"russian-fighter-jet-violates-estonian-airspace-tallinn-summons-kremlin-ambassador-for-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russian-fighter-jet-violates-estonian-airspace-tallinn-summons-kremlin-ambassador-for-explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian fighter jet violates Estonian airspace: Tallinn summons Kremlin ambassador for explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the afternoon of March 18, a Russian Su-30 fighter jet entered Estonian airspace without permission near the island of Vaindloo. The aircraft remained in the country&#8217;s airspace for about 1 minute.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/rus.err.ee\/1609971983\/rossijskij-istrebitel-narushil-vozdushnoe-prostranstvo-jestonii\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ERR<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> According to the military, the Italian Air Force unit, which is stationed at the Emari base as part of the NATO mission to protect the airspace of the Baltic countries, responded to the airspace violation.<\/p>\n<p> It is noted that the Russian plane did not have a flight plan and did not maintain two-way radio communication with the Estonian air traffic control service.<\/p>\n<p> The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the incident and summoned the charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires of the Russian Federation to express a protest and deliver a note in connection with the violation of airspace,&#8221; the department reported.<\/p>\n<p> The General Staff noted that this is the first case of a violation of Estonian airspace by a Russian aircraft in 2026.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/narva-in-three-days-is-estonia-ready-for-a-russian-invasion\/\">Narva in three days: is Estonia ready for a Russian invasion?<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\nPreviously, Bild reported that Russia has intensified its propaganda campaign to <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kreml-khoche-stvoryty-narodnu-respubliku-v-odniy-z-krain-nato-zmi\/\">create a separate republic in Estonia<\/a> . As noted, this development may indicate that the Kremlin is preparing to attack this country.<\/p>\n<p> It is worth noting that Narva is a border city with a population of 50,000 people. About 90% of them are Russian-speaking. At the same time, according to Estonian intelligence, in 2025 the Russian Federation increased its ammunition production, which means preparations for a new offensive operation outside Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, according to the Center for Countering Disinformation, Russia uses diplomatic facilities in Vienna to <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiia-peretvoryla-posolstvo-u-vidni-na-tsentr-radio-rozvidky\/\">conduct radio reconnaissance<\/a> . In particular, at least eight antennas are installed on the roof of the Russian embassy, one of which can intercept signals not intended for the Russian side.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the afternoon of March 18, a Russian Su-30 fighter jet entered Estonian airspace without permission near the island of Vaindloo. The aircraft remained in the country&#8217;s airspace for about 1 minute. This is reported by ERR . According to the military, the Italian Air Force unit, which is stationed at the Emari base as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1128401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1371794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1128401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}