Two Russian fighters broke into Finland to lead

(Morning News) The Finnish Ministry of Defense said on Thursday (August 18) that two Russian fighters broke into Finland on the same day.

Agence France-Presse reported that the Finnish Ministry of Defense said in a statement: "Two Russian MIG-31 fighters are suspected to enter the Finnish airspace near PORVOO (PORVOO).">

Officials say that the Finnish Air Force performs "a combat flight mission" to identify the invasive fighter.The Finnish Border Guard has launched a preliminary investigation.

A spokesman for the Finnish Ministry of Defense said that the incident occurred at 9:40 in the morning local time, which lasted about two minutes, and the fighter flew to west of about one kilometer.

Finnish shared the 1340 kilometers border with Russia.Two wars occurred between the two countries from 1939 to 1944, and Finland lost a large number of territories.

Finland and Sweden originally pursued the military -free alliance policy, but affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the two countries officially applied to join NATO in May this year.

Finnish Safety and Intelligence Agency warned in May that Russia intends to influence Finland's NATO application procedures and can be expected to make various attempts.