According to RIA Novosti, on the eve of his visit to Estonia on December 21, Johnson said that the British Air Force "intercepted 56 Russian aircraft" in the sky over Estonia.
“Information about the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian planes, especially on such a scale, is not true. It is difficult to consider them otherwise than targeted, dishonest manipulation, ”the Russian Embassy told reporters.
They noted that planes fly from the St. Petersburg region to the Kaliningrad region "in order to meet the daily needs of the Armed Forces", which NATO is well aware of.
“The purpose of the relevant propaganda statements is to justify the presence of troops in the Baltic countries under the pretext of an imaginary Russian threat,” the diplomatic department added.
The embassy recalled that in December 2017, the recommendations of the Special Working Group of Experts on Civil-Military Cooperation under the auspices of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) entered into force: an off-route route for Russian state (military) planes traveling from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad and back.
In September, the Russian Ministry of Defense denied Estonia’s allegations of border violations by a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber