The jets eventually left for international airspace, and Russia later denied entering Estonian airspace at all. The message follows the minister's presentation of Romania’s security interests at the United Nations Security Council emergency meeting on the same day. Other European officials also gave firm messages against Russian incursions into NATO airspace at the UN meeting. In reply, Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, doubled down and claimed the aircraft remained in international airspace. They also presented photographs of the Russian jets, pointing to the fact that they were armed with missiles.