The General Staff of the Defense Forces does not comment on operational tasks.
Russian news agency Ria Novosti tellsthat two Finnish F18 fighters flew alongside a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday evening.
The Russian Ministry of Defense released a video of the situation on Tuesday evening, which Ria Novosti shared on its Telegram channel. According to media information, there was also a MiG-31 fighter on the flight with the bomber.
Flights of Russian military aircraft in the Baltic Sea are not uncommon.
General Staff information secretary Aira Lappalainen informs by email that tasks related to the control and safeguarding of territorial integrity are carried out with the fighter fleet according to the operational need.
According to him, operational tasks cannot be commented on for security reasons.
Nor can the General Staff say whether Finland's airspace has been violated.
Pair a week ago, a French Mirage fighter kicked out the Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane on the southeast side of Helsinki.
At that time, the spokesperson of the General Staff told HS that the Russian plane was not in Finnish airspace.
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