acclaimed wide in the Russian media. The Russian ministry of defence has given a written comment transmitted by the government news channels as the news agency Interfax.
the Ministry says that Russian fighter planes ”carries out regular flight exercises in the Baltic sea between the Russian and the kaliningradska the base”, the statement said.
”All flights are conducted with a strict regard to the international rules surrounding the use of airspace, without violating other countries ‘ borders,” writes the ministry in its statement, according to Interfax.
Any violation of Swedish airspace feels thus not at.
It was on Saturday that three Russian planes violated Swedish airspace to the south of Blekinge. Jesper Tengroth at the Swedish armed forces headquarters wanted to earlier in on Thursday, not going to go into exactly what actions have been taken against the Russian flights but could tell that they had the meet of the Jas Gripen plane up in the air.
– The Russian plan is conducting a flight over the Baltic sea. To the south of Karlshamn, they fly a short while into Swedish territory without permission, ” said Jesper Tengroth in the past.
the Swedish defense minister Peter Hultqvist takes a very serious view of the incident.
– It is a crime against tillträdesförordningen and there are international regulations about not to violate each other’s borders without permission. For this cause will the foreign MINISTRY to contact Russian embassy to call attention to this, said the minister of defence to DN earlier on Thursday.
the gripen aircraft were sent to three Russian military aircraft that violated Sweden
Hultqvist: Violation a crime that UD take up with Russia