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HELSINKI — Two Russian MiG-31 fighter jets are suspected of violating Finnish airspace near the coastal city of Porvoo on the Gulf of Finland on Thursday morning, the Finnish Defense Ministry said.
The alleged breach occurred at 0640 GMT and the jet headed west, communications chief Christian Vakri told Reuters, adding that the aircraft had been in Finnish airspace for two minutes. added.
"The alleged breach was one kilometer deep into Finnish airspace," he said, but did not elaborate on whether the plane had been escorted.
The Finnish Air Force has identified the aircraft and border guards have already launched an investigation into the violation, the ministry statement added.
On Thursday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Interfax had sent three of his MiG-31E fighters, equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, to Russia's Baltic coast between Poland and Lithuania. It said it had moved to the Kaliningrad region, an enclave of (Reporting by Essi Lehto, Editing by Stine Jacobsen and Alex Richardson)
