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Four russian fighter planes they violated the air space Swedish in an action that was captured and photographed by the Air Force of the Nordic country, according to the Ministry of Defense in a release. Thus, the Swedish Armed Forces denounced this Wednesday a brief incursion into its skies by four Russian fighter planes, in what would be a violation of their airspace. According to what the Swedish Army has explained, the incident occurred over the waters of the Baltic Sea, east of the Baltic island of Gotland, about 300 kilometers from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
Specifically, the incident occurred at 7:40 p.m. local time on Wednesday when the Swedish military spotted the four Russian aircraft flying over the area of the island of Gotland, in the airspace of this country. It was about From planes Sukhoi Su-27 and two other Su-24s, all Russian-flagged and were immediately located by the Swedish military. “This shows that our preparation (to act in this type of incident) is good. We were in place to guarantee the territorial integrity and borders of Sweden. We have full control of the situation,” the head of the police said in the statement. Swedish Air Force, Carl-Johan Edström.
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According to the military official, the airspace violation was short-lived, but “in light of the current situation, we take the incident very seriously“, he stressed in reference to the military invasion of Ukraine launched last February 24 by Russia. “This is an unprofessional and irresponsible action on the part of Russia,” the air force chief said. As a result of the war in Ukraine started by Russiathe neighboring countries, the majority belonging to the OTANare in a state of alert to avoid incidents.
Sweden and its neighboring country Finland are not members of the Atlantic Alliance, although they are close associates of the group. The Russian Foreign Ministry already warned these two nations last week that a hypothetical accession to NATO would entail “serious military consequences and policies”.