Finland and Russia established diplomatic contact over a suspected airspace violation. Finland’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russia’s Ambassador to Helsinki Pavel Kuznetsov to request an explanation.
In a statement posted on its account on the social media platform X, the ministry said it had requested clarification from Kuznetsov over suspicions that a Russian aircraft had entered Finnish airspace.
According to Finland’s YLE news agency, the Ministry of Defence has data indicating that the Russian aircraft entered Finnish airspace west of the Gulf of Finland. The ministry said the aircraft remained in Finnish airspace for approximately three minutes.
An investigation into the incident has been launched.