She is suspected of violating the EU country’s airspace on Wednesday over Kesalahti and Parikkala near the Finnish-Russian border, the Finnish Defense Ministry said. The border guards have launched an investigation.
After the NATO debate, Russian fighter jets repeatedly invaded Swedish airspace
According to information from the Yle radio station, it was a Mi-17 helicopter that flew four to four and a half kilometers into the airspace Finland should have flown in. Finland and Russia share a border that is more than 1,300 kilometers long. How neighboring Sweden is debating Finland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has been intensively discussing joining NATO – a step that Moscow has warned against several times with open threats. Just a few days ago, a Russian military aircraft briefly violated Swedish and Danish airspace.
Source: Nachrichten
