Finland and Sweden scramble jets over Russian military aircraft above the Gulf of Finland
Summary
Finland and Sweden said they scrambled fighter jets on Thursday to intercept and identify a group of Russian military aircraft over the Gulf of Finland, their first such joint operation, amid heightened Baltic Sea alert since 2022. Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson said the operation demonstrated the two countries' joint air-space monitoring capability.
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Finska i Švedska priopćile su u petak da su podigle borbene zrakoplove kako bi presrele i identificirale ruske vojne avione u međunarodnom zračnom prostoru iznad
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- Finska · Country
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- Švedska · Country
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Ukraine, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway are mentioned in the context of regional security and NATO membership, not as the site of this incident. Helsinki and Stockholm are mentioned as the seats of the Finnish and Swedish governments that issued the statements.
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- 11:39 AMN1 HrvatskaOpen the original ↗
- 01:25 PMRadiosarajevo.baOpen the original ↗
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