Estonia’s Prime Minister Kristen Michal warned Tuesday that Russia’s recent air incursions were an attempt to distract Europe from helping Ukraine, ahead of a summit with EU leaders.

“Putin wants to have us talking about ourselves, not about Ukraine, not about helping Ukraine, not to push back Russia in Ukraine,” Michal told AFP in an interview in Copenhagen.

EU leaders will discuss boosting their defences and support for Kyiv at talks in Denmark being held under heightened security after mysterious drone flights rattled the country.

Those incidents came after a series of high-profile airspace violations by Moscow in Russia’s neighbour Estonia and in Poland had already frayed nerves in Europe.

Michal said he hoped the gathering in Copenhagen would send a strong message of “unity and re

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