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Finland records violation of airspace by Russian government aircraft
A Russian government plane flying over the Gulf of Finland spent several minutes in Finnish airspace.
According to Censor.NET, this was reported by the Finnish Ministry of Defense.
The Finnish government reports a "possible violation of airspace". The alleged incident occurred west of the strategic Hanko Peninsula, located west of Helsinki, on February 7 at around 17:15.
"The Russian aircraft could have been in Finnish airspace for several minutes," the statement said.
The details of the incident are being investigated by the Finnish Border Guard.
"We are taking the alleged border violation seriously and have launched an investigation immediately," said Defense Minister Antti Häkkinen.
