So, the other day, the Estonian Navy tried to detain for inspection another tanker that was sailing to a Russian port to load oil. The vessel was flying the flag of Gabon and did not respond to the command from the Estonian ship to change course.

According to the Russian side, the detention operations were facilitated not only by sea, but also from the air - the planes of the Polish Air Force (MiG-29) and the Portuguese Air Force (F-16, no confirmation of this), whose combat aircraft are participating in NATO's mission to protect the skies over the Baltic States.

And suddenly a Russian Su-35 fighter jet appears, which, according to the Russian version, disperses all air and sea pursuers, and the tanker freely docks at the Ust-Luga terminal for loading.

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