Russia’s ‘reckless’ aggression over Estonian airspace condemned by leaders at UN Security Council
Russian jets in foreign airspace dubbed ‘threat to global peace and security’
- Russia's recent incursion into Estonian airspace, lasting 12 minutes, prompted an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
- Senior world leaders condemned Russia's actions as "reckless" and "provocative," viewing them as a threat to global peace and security.
- Russia refuted the allegations, claiming they were baseless and part of "Russophobia," refusing to engage in what it called a "theatre of the absurd."
- UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned Russia that its incursions into NATO territory risked direct armed conflict, affirming NATO's readiness to defend its airspace.
- Separately, Vladimir Putin offered Donald Trump a one-year extension to the New START nuclear deal, which caps deployed warheads, to prevent a strategic arms race.