Finnish border guard services are investigating two suspected airspace incursions by Russian fighter-bombers.<br /><br /> Sukhoi fighters reportedly crossed the Finnish border south of Porvoo. Finnish Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö said two such incursions in one day was “exceptional”, especially from fighter jets.<br /><br /> “The suspected breaches of airspace – it is impossible for me to estimate on the motives. In the media a temporal link-up has been made with the visit of the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, Robert Work. All I can say is that there is a temporal linkage but I have no knowledge of the motives and this is, naturally, a matter which the Foreign Ministry will piece together from the Russian side,” said Niinistö.<br /><br /> The Russian airforce has been probing NATO air defences for months since relations deteriorated over Ukraine and Crimea, and in September another long-range Tupolev 160 bomber flew down to near Bilbao in Spain, testing the Atlantic’s western approaches , before flying home. T160s have also tested Britain’s east coast, and flown around the top of Scotland in recent months.<br /><br /> Images of the Russian Blackjack Bombers intercepted by RoyalAirForce Typhoon aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth. pic.twitter.com/vtR9u6BoQw— Ministry of Defence (DefenceHQ) 22 septembre 2016<br />
