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Violation of Finnish airspace

(B2) Un government aircraft Russian is suspected of having briefly violated l'airspace Finnish. The alleged violation airspace would have taken place, according to the Finnish Ministry of Defence, which communicates the information, Saturday August 23 at around 19 (18:54 p.m.), towest of the peninsula of Hanko. The Russian Defense Ministry has denied any violations. NB: this kind of "grazing" of the airspace at the limits of Russia is relatively common whether in Finland, in the Baltic countries or in the south in the countries bordering the Black Sea, such as Bulgaria.

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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