TALLIN, Estonia, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Estonia called the Russian ambassador after NATO intercepted a Russian spy plane over the Baltic after it allegedly violated Estonian airspace. <\/p>\n
NATO said it intercepted the Ilyushin-20 plane with \"Danish F-16 jets as it approached Denmark\" before it flew north toward Sweden. Estonia claims the plane entered their airspace for about one minute before being intercepted. <\/p>\n
Officers confirmed NATO sovereign airspace had been violated. <\/p>\n
\"At 12:53pm. CET the IL-20 approached Estonian airspace from the northeast,\" a NATO military officer told the Financial Times. \"I'm not aware of any incursions into the airspace patrolled by Nato other than the brief incident yesterday.\" <\/p>\n
Russia denies it violated Estonian airspace. A spokesman from the Russian Defense Ministry claimed the military plane departed Khrabrovo airfield in Kaliningrad and they only flew in the airspace \"over neutral waters.\" <\/p>\n
In September, Estonia accused Russia of abducting one of its security officials. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the crisis in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. <\/p>\n
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