Sweden announced on Saturday that it deployed JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets on Friday to intercept Russian military aircraft that appeared to approach Swedish borders.
The Swedish military indicated in a statement that on Friday there were two separate occurrences when Russian Su-24 and Su-34 fighter jets flew in the Baltic Sea area but did not enter Swedish airspace.
“Russia’s actions are serious and represent a recurring behavior that threatens both our territorial integrity and security,” Vice Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum, chief of the armed forces operations command, stated. “Swedish and allied fighter aircraft acted quickly, resolutely, and decisively by confronting the Russian planes and securing the territory of Sweden and the alliance.”













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