The incident with the fighter jet will not affect Estonia’s plans to counter the Russian “shadow fleet”
19.05.2025 - 12:02
Estonia has said it will continue to inspect Russian “shadow fleet” vessels, despite the recent incident with a Russian fighter jet violating Estonian airspace.
Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said this in an interview with Reuters.
According to the Estonian Prime Minister, the incident with the Russian Su-35 fighter jet “changes nothing,” and Estonia intends to continue inspecting suspicious tankers.
“I would say that everyone – Estonians, Finns – will monitor such vessels, and if there is anything suspicious, we will ask about it. Everyone will do it,” the Estonian Prime Minister said.
According to him, the Estonian Navy did not plan to detain the suspicious tanker, which then sailed into Russian waters accompanied by the Su-35 and an Estonian patrol boat.
“The question for us – not for Estonia, but for Europe and the US – is how Russia can wage war for the fourth year and still sell its products on the world market?”, the Estonian Prime Minister added.
Recall that last week the Estonian Navy tried to stop the tanker “Jaguar”, which was passing through the international waters of the Gulf of Finland towards the port of Primorsk. The vessel is believed to belong to the Russian “shadow fleet”.
In response to the actions of the Estonian military, Russia sent a fighter jet, which, according to the Estonian army, violated the country’s airspace.
