Finnish diplomacy announced on Monday that she had summoned the Russian ambassador to suspect a violation of the Finnish airspace last week. According to the AFP and Reuters report, TASR writes about it.
The Ministry of Defense informed on Friday that Near the city of Porvoo about 50 kilometers from Helsinki disrupting Finnish was disturbed by the airspace and the incident is investigated. “The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (TASR note on Monday) summoned the Russian ambassador today and demanded an explanation in connection with suspicion of disturbing the airspace,” said the resort on the Platform X.
“The ambassador has been informed that Finland is taking suspicion of disturbing the territory seriously,” It was introduced by Finnish diplomacy for Reuters. The Russian diplomat reported that he would hand over the report, Helsinki said without further details. The Russian embassy in the Finnish capital did not respond immediately at the request of the comment.
Finnish Minister of Defense Antti Hakkanen last week for AFP confirmed that Helsinki “” followed and evaluates Russian activities and intentions in detail “. Shortly before, The New York Times published satellite images and claimed that the Russian military infrastructure has grown near the border with Finland. Hakkanen added that the steps of Moscow Helsinki “not surprise”.
Until then, the long -term neutral Finland in response to the Russian invasion in Ukraine joined NATO in 2023. In April, it announced that it wants to increase defense spending to three percent of GDP by 2029. Its border with Russia measures approximately 1340 kilometers.
