"Richard Moore, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6 as it is more commonly known, said Putin was "stringing us along." "He seeks to impose his imperial will by all means at his disposal. But he cannot succeed," Moore said. "Bluntly, Putin has bitten off more than he can chew. He thought he was going to win an easy victory. But he - and many others - underestimated the Ukrainians.""
"Estonia summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter aircraft entered its airspace without permission Friday and stayed there for 12 minutes, the Foreign Ministry said, It comes just over a week after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland and heightened fears that the war in Ukraine could spill over. Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna said that Russia had already violated Estonian airspace four times this year "but today's incursion, involving three fighter aircraft entering our airspace, is unprecedentedly brazen.""
Three Russian MiG-31 fighter aircraft entered Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland without permission and remained there for 12 minutes, prompting Estonia to summon the Russian charge d’affaires and issue a formal protest. The incursion follows earlier airspace violations this year and comes amid heightened tensions after NATO planes shot down Russian drones over Poland. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna called the action unprecedentedly brazen. Britain’s MI6 chief Richard Moore said there is no evidence Vladimir Putin seeks peace, described Putin as "stringing us along," and warned that Putin underestimated Ukrainian resistance.
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