The Finnish Air Force said on Friday, September 25, that Swedish and Finnish fighter jets had been deployed the previous day over the Gulf of Finland. The aircraft tracked and identified a group of Russian military planes that included a transport aircraft and several fighter jets.
According to the statement, the operation formed part of a broader Finnish-Swedish framework for monitoring and safeguarding both countries’ airspace. The aircraft were identified in international airspace. The statement did not say that the Russian planes had entered Finnish or Swedish national airspace.
The release described the mission as an identification and monitoring operation and did not provide further details about the aircraft’s route, duration or destination. Its stated purpose was to establish the group’s identity while maintaining surveillance in the region.