"My friend, we are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland." This message from French President Emmanuel Macron to US President Donald Trump were intended to remain confidential, but Donald Trump published the short message on his Truth Social network on Tuesday night. "He will soon be leaving office," the US president went on to joke about Macron in front of reporters.
Estonia has said Russia violated its airspace with the incursion of three supersonic fighter jets amid heightened fears that Moscow's war with Ukraine could spill over into Europe's eastern flank. Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on Friday that three MiG-31s entered Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland in the north for a total of 12 minutes, adding that he had summoned the charge d'affaires at the Russian embassy over the violation.
Warsaw has portrayed the drone incursions as an attempt by Russia to test the capabilities of Poland and NATO to respond. On Friday, Poland rejected Donald Trump's suggestion that the incursions could have been a mistake, a rare contradiction of the US president from one of Washington's closest European allies. Its foreign minister told Reuters Poland hopes Washington will take action to show solidarity with Warsaw.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media that "Last night the Polish airspace was violated by a large number of Russian drones. Those drones that posed a direct threat were shot down." Poland's armed forces were on a heightened state of alert overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday because of what they described as "further massive airstrikes against targets located in Ukraine."
In connection with another attack by the Russian Federation striking objects on the territory of Ukraine, Polish and allied aviation has begun operating in our airspace.
