Finland says suspects Russian aircraft violated airspace

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HELSINKI, Muharram 05, 1438, October 06, 2016, SPA -- Finland's defence ministry said on Thursday it suspected a Russian fighter jet violated Finnish airspace earlier in the day, after it scrambled jets to identify the SU-27 fighter over the Baltic Sea, according to Reuters. "The suspected violation... continued approximately one minute, and was in Finnish airspace for about 13 kilometres at a maximum of about one kilometre depth," the ministry said in a statement. Finland has accused Russia of several breaches of its airspace since the Ukraine crisis began in 2014. In April, two Russian warplanes flew simulated attack passes near a U.S. guided missile destroyer in the Baltic Sea. The Finnish border guard is investigating the latest incident, the ministry said. --SPA 23:52 LOCAL TIME 20:52 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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