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| Sweden accused Russia of violating the kingdom's airspace with Su-24 |
| 2024-06-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Swedish Armed Forces said that a Russian Su-24 aircraft allegedly violated the country's airspace on June 14, the Expressen newspaper reported. According to Air Force Commander Jonas Wikman, the bomber was allegedly discovered east of the island of Gotland. The plane was accused of deviating from the route and, having received no response, two JAS fighters were scrambled to intercept. “We observed his movement; the violation was quite short-lived, less than two minutes,” the newspaper quoted the military commander as saying. The country's Defense Minister Paul Johnson noted that he had already been informed about the “violation” of Swedish airspace. The Foreign Ministry said it would call a representative of the Russian embassy to clarify the situation. As Regnum reported, on June 14, the Finnish border service stated that four Russian military aircraft allegedly violated the country’s airspace on June 10. It was noted that these were two bombers and two fighters, which allegedly proceeded into Finnish airspace at a distance of two and a half kilometers. On June 10, Russian Tu-95MS missile carriers and Tu-22M3 bombers made a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Baltic, Barents and Norwegian seas. They were accompanied by Su-30SM, Su-27, Su-33 fighters. According to the Ministry of Defense, at certain stages of the route they were accompanied by fighters from foreign countries. Long-range aviation pilots perform all flights in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace, the department emphasized. On the evening of June 10, the Finnish Foreign Ministry sent a request to the Russian embassy in Helsinki, stating that the Russian plane allegedly violated Finnish airspace and demanded clarification. The Finnish Foreign Ministry claimed that the plane was allegedly in the airspace of the republic for about two minutes. |
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