Finland / 2025-05-23-fi-1
/ date of the event
On the afternoon of 23 May 2025 two Russian military aircraft are suspected of having violated Finnish airspace over the Gulf of Finland off Porvoo. The Ministry of Defence spoke of a suspected violation; minister Antti Häkkänen said the matter was being taken seriously and that an investigation, led by the Border Guard, was under way. The aircraft type, the duration and the depth of the incursion were not given. On 26 May the Finnish foreign ministry summoned the Russian ambassador. Malcontent dates the event to 22 May after The Watch; the ministry's release and Finnish media give 23 May.
suspected
Someone has named a perpetrator, but this is neither a court finding nor a formal attribution by a state.
Named party: the Russian Federation
C - official suspicion
Ministerstwo Obrony Finlandii / 2025-05-23 / carrying out the act
The Ministry of Defence said two Russian military aircraft were suspected of having violated Finnish airspace. The suspicion covers the fact of the violation as well as who committed it; the Border Guard is investigating.
No casualties reported.
Malcontent and The Watch give 22 May 2025. The Ministry of Defence release, MTV and Helsinki Times speak of Friday afternoon, 23 May. 23 May is adopted.
MTV Uutiset (za komunikatem Ministerstwa Obrony) / 2025-05-23 / secondary source
supports: the record, the date, that it happened, the attribution
lentoposti.fi / secondary source
supports: the record
Helsinki Times / 2025-05-26 / secondary source
supports: the record, the attribution
The Watch / 2025-07-14 / secondary source
supports: the record