Finland said on Friday it took seriously two suspected violations of its airspace by Russian aircraft in which it scrambled jets to identify SU-27 fighters over the Baltic Sea.
The incidents on Thursday took place as Finland and the United States prepared to sign an agreement of closer defence collaboration, and followed a string of similar breaches which Finland has accused Russia of since the Ukraine crisis erupted in 2014.
“We take these incidents seriously. Having two suspected violations on the same day is exceptional,” Defence Minister Jussi Niinisto told Reuters by phone. Finland was investigating the incidents, he said.
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