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Russia taunts Finland by flying a military helicopter INTO its airspace as the Nordic country prepares to join NATO to the Kremlins fury
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10782761/Russia-taunts-Finland-flying-military-helicopter-airspace-country-plans-NATO-entry.html (one of only two news sources so far in English)
The military Mi-17 transport chopper flew 2-3 miles inside the Finnish border after 10.30 this morning (7.30am GMT), according to the country's Ministry of Defence.
'The aircraft type is a Mi-17 helicopter and the depth of the suspected violation is about four to five kilometres', a ministry spokesman told AFP.
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Russia previously violated Finnish airspace on April 8, the first time this year.
eta: https://yle.fi/news/3-12430400 here also

Lovie777
(17,614 posts)therefore, they are willing to scare the shit out of European counties.
Deuxcents
(21,570 posts)They are being brazen and almost asking for a response that could .. maybe start a bigger mess. The May 9th celebration Putin promised is very soon. A parade in Mariupol? Has he really gone mad?
BComplex
(9,337 posts)I'm all in favor of it!
Deuxcents
(21,570 posts)What a prize that would be. They leveled everything..a good target.
Crunchy Frog
(27,466 posts)Russia has become ISIS.
BComplex
(9,337 posts)Russians totally suck.
On edit: Russian soldiers totally suck. There might be some decent people in Russia, but the government is barbaric.
Mariana
(15,476 posts)mitch96
(15,086 posts)russias air space over on the Pacific... Playing games on two fronts??
Now THAT would get their attention..
How about a test firing of a Polaris missile in the Bering sea?...
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DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Since Ukraine blew most of their good ones out of the sky.
Crunchy Frog
(27,466 posts)Straw Man
(6,851 posts)"Don't fuck with Finland!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4