“From Russia there is no will to reach peace. We don’t see any signs from the Kremlin in the right direction”. This was stated by the President of the European Council, Michel, in his speech in Strasbourg.
According to the New York Times, the drone had no weapons. This was reported by the American newspaper quoting a US military official. The aircraft -it is explained- had taken off from a base in Romania for a regularly scheduled reconnaissance mission, which generally lasts from 9 to 10 hours.
United Kingdom Royal Air Force aircraft and German fighters intercepted a Russian aircraft flying over Estonian airspace. The BBC reports the news, underlining how, although the interception itself was ‘routine’, for “the first time an operation of this kind has been carried out together by the two countries” engaged in the joint NATO air surveillance programme.
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