Russia intercepted NATO aircraft near its borders and one of its ships violated Finnish territorial waters.

Officers of Finland It announced on Friday that it was investigating a possible breach in its territorial waters south of the port city of Hamina. A naval vessel Russian The Baltic Sea. The incident comes against a backdrop of rising tensions in the region, coinciding with the new A British aircraft was intercepted with a Russian SU-27 fighter jet Over the Black Sea, it was the third such episode with NATO flights in a week.

The Finnish Border Guard has launched an investigation into the incident The survey vessel 'Mikhail Kazansky' is used by the Russian Navy to survey the seabed. According to public radio and television YLEThe ship traveled approximately 1.2 nautical miles (more than two kilometers) into the territorial waters of the NATO member state, which shares 1,340 kilometers of land border with Russia.

After surveillance systems spotted the Russian vessel and it did not respond to radio calls, Border Patrol agents escorted the vessel. The Ministry of Defense in Helsinki indicated in a statement that the last territorial violation took place on June 10. Four Russian planes crossed Finnish airspace On the coast of Lovisa and Porvoo.

On the other hand, Moscow announced it A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted a spy plane and two British fighter jets over the Black Sea this Friday.It changed course after the approach of the Russian aircraft.

“A Su-27 fighter jet of Russian anti-aircraft defense took off To prevent the violation of the state border of Russia. “The crew identified the aerial targets as an RC-135 reconnaissance and radio-electronic combat aircraft and two Typhoon multirole fighters of the United Kingdom Air Force,” the Russian Defense Ministry said. “In the vicinity of the Russian fighter jet, foreign military aircraft changed course and moved away from the Russian border,” the department said.

“The Russian plane returned to its base. “It is not allowed to cross the state borders of Russia.”The ministry in Moscow added, and insisted that the fighter plane was carried out in strict compliance with international standards respecting the use of airspace and security measures over neutral waters.

It was the second such incident in three days involving a British RC-135 spy plane and two Typhoon fighter jets over the Black Sea. It happened last Wednesday. This weekend Russian fighters intercepted two American B-52H bombers in the waters of the Barents Sea. Three incidents involving NATO aircraft near Russia in one week

(With information from AP, EFE and EP)