Finland summons Russian ambassador over suspected airspace breach

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Finland has summoned Russia’s ambassador and issued a diplomatic note after a Russian military reconnaissance aircraft allegedly entered Finnish airspace for about three minutes in the western Gulf of Finland.

The Finnish Border Guard said the aircraft was a Russian Ilyushin IL-20 reconnaissance plane.

The suspected violation took place south of Utö on Thursday afternoon.