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Sweden’s Foreign Ministry Summons Russian Ambassador After Russia’s Violation of Airspace

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Amira Barkhush
Amira Barkhush
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The Russian SU-24 fighter jet that violated the Swedish airspace east of the southern tip of Gotland. (Source: Swedish Armed Forces website)
The Russian SU-24 fighter jet that violated the Swedish airspace east of the southern tip of Gotland. (Source: Swedish Armed Forces website)

On the evening of June 14, a Russian Su-24 bomber violated Swedish airspace flying near the strategic Baltic Sea island of Gotland.

The Russian bomber did not respond to the initial warning and only left after Sweden scrambled two JAS-39 Gripen fighters, Sweden's military said on Saturday. 

“Today, on Tuesday June 18, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has summoned the Russian Ambassador to express its stance against Russia’s violation of Swedish airspace that took place on Friday June 14,” the Ministry for Foreign Affairs wrote.

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