The meeting was requested by Estonia after three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets crossed about 10 kilometres into its airspace on Friday morning, remaining for around 12 minutes.
Estonian officials said the aircraft had no flight plans, their transponders were switched off, and the pilots ignored air traffic control communications.
Tallinn stressed that this was the first time in Estonia’s 34 years of UN membership that it had asked for such a session.
Estonia has also filed a request to trigger Article 4 of the NATO treaty, which allows members to consult when a nation’s territorial integrity or security is threatened.
Estonia’s foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, condemned what he called a “brazen” violation, saying it undermined principles vital to the security of all UN members. He argued that the incident was part of a broader pattern of Russian actions aimed at destabilising the region and NATO.
Tsahkna added that Moscow’s actions show the need to intensify both political and economic pressure on Russia, including swift adoption of the EU’s 19th sanctions package and the use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
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