MOSCOW, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s Defense Ministry has dismissed allegations that Russian aircraft entered Finnish airspace without permission.
“On August 23, 2014 a military transport airplane of naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet was carrying out a scheduled flight en route from airbase Pushkin in Leningrad Region to airbase Chernyakhovsk in Kaliningrad Region. The flight was carried out in strict compliance with the agreed itinerary. During the flight the plane did not deviate from the heading which is proved by the materials of the objective control,” the ministry said.
A representative of the Defense Ministry stressed that the flights of Russian aircraft “are carried out in strict compliance with all international treaties related to the use of military space.”
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