MADRID, 18 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Finnish Ministry of Defense reported Thursday that two Russian MIG-31 fighter jets are “suspected” of violating Finnish airspace in the Gulf of Finland, off the city of Porvoo, near the Russian border.
“The Border Guard has launched a preliminary investigation and will provide further information on the matter once the investigation is complete,” the Finnish Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Estonia, along with Latvia and Finland, which also share borders with Russia, have been lobbying the European Union to ban the issuance of new visas to Russian citizens in a bid to control the land border as well.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the routine violations of its airspace by Russian forces have pushed Finland to apply for NATO membership, a step that has forced Moscow to change its security policy in the Baltic region and the Arctic after the entry of Sweden and Finland.
