Russian jets turned back by Swedish warning near border

Russian fighter jets approached Swedish airspace on Friday, turning back only a few hundred meters from the border after receiving radio warnings from Swedish aircraft. The incident involved two Russian planes, identified as Su-24 and Su-34 models, flying near the Swedish coast in the Baltic Sea.

The Swedish Armed Forces confirmed the reports, stating that the Russian jets had set a course toward the Stockholm archipelago and Karlskrona. According to Ewa Skoog Haslum, operations chief for the Swedish Armed Forces, the two flights occurred in close succession. In both cases, the Russian aircraft altered their path just short of Swedish territorial limits.

The Swedish incident readiness unit was deployed to meet the Russian planes. The Armed Forces reported that the Russian fighter jets changed direction and abandoned their flight toward Swedish airspace upon receiving radio warnings from the Swedish fighter jets that had scrambled to intercept them.

One flight occurred east of Landsort in the Stockholm archipelago, while the second took place off the coast of Karlskrona in Hanö Bay, Blekinge. The Swedish military's swift response and the effectiveness of its radio warnings successfully prevented a potential airspace violation.