Moscow, Sep 20
Russia said that a flight by three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets from Karelia to the Kaliningrad region adhered to international aviation rules and did not cross into the airspace of other countries.
In a statement published on its Telegram channel on Saturday, the Defence Ministry said that the redeployment flight on Friday was scheduled in advance and carried out under objective monitoring systems, which confirmed that no borders were violated, Xinhua news agency reported.
The statement came after Estonia's Foreign Ministry summoned Russia's charge d'affaires on Friday to protest over what it claimed was an airspace violation by Russian aircraft.
Earlier in the day, Estonia had summoned Russia's charge d'affaires to protest what it said was an "airspace violation" by three Russian fighter jets, an allegation Moscow flatly denied.