Finland says two Russian military aircraft suspected of violating its airspace
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Posted on May 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026

Finland is investigating a suspected airspace violation by Russian military aircraft near Porvoo. The Finnish Border Guard is leading the investigation.
HELSINKI (Reuters) -Two Russian military aircraft are suspected of having violated Finnish airspace on Friday, Finland's defence ministry said in a statement.
The incident occurred off the coast of Porvoo in southern Finland, the ministry added.
"We take the suspected territorial violation seriously and an investigation is ongoing," Minister of Defence Antti Hakkanen said in the statement.
The Finnish Border Guard is investigating the incident and will provide more detailed information at a later time, he added.
(Reporting by Essi Lehto, writing by Terje Solsvik, editing by Nerijus Adomaitis)
Two Russian military aircraft are suspected of having violated Finnish airspace on Friday, according to Finland's defence ministry.
The incident occurred off the coast of Porvoo in southern Finland.
Minister of Defence Antti Hakkanen stated that they take the suspected territorial violation seriously and that an investigation is ongoing.
The Finnish Border Guard is investigating the incident and will provide more detailed information later.
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