Turkey continued the provocative tactic of conducting illegal overflights above Greek islands – and not only uninhabited but also large ones such as Lesvos, Chios and Samos, on Holy Wednesday.

Within a span of 17 minutes, a pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets carried out a total of eight overflights in six islands.

Two of the illegal entries into Greek national airspace took place over the east coast of Samos.

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Samos was the focal point of most of the violations, as the Turkish fighters flew twice over the Greek island at 12:52 and 12:53 at noon on Holy Wednesday.

This was followed by overflights at 12:56 over Arkioi and Grylousa, at 12:57 over Lipsi and at 12:59 over Farmakonisi, with all overflights at 27,000 feet.