<p>Stockholm: A <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/russia">Russian</a> military aircraft was intercepted by <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sweden">Swedish</a> fighter jets after it briefly violated Sweden's airspace east of the Baltic island of Gotland on Friday, the Nordic country's armed forces said on Saturday.</p><p>Two Gripen jets were sent up to meet the Russian plane, an SU-24, after it failed to respond to a radio warning by Sweden's military air traffic control, the Swedish armed forces said in a statement.</p>.Ukrainian families cross Europe to plead for prisoners held by Russia .<p>"The Russian actions are not acceptable and show a lack of respect for our territorial integrity," Swedish air force chief Jonas Wikman said. "We followed the entire chain of events and were in place to intervene."</p><p>Friday's incident took place as Sweden — NATO's newest member — and several of its new allies take part in naval exercises in the Baltic Sea.</p><p>The Swedish military said similar airspace violations by Russian aircraft last occurred in 2022 when two SU-27 and two SU-24 planes also made incursions near Gotland.</p><p>Sweden's neighbour Finland said separately on Friday it suspected that four Russian military planes had violated its airspace on June 10.</p>
<p>Stockholm: A <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/russia">Russian</a> military aircraft was intercepted by <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sweden">Swedish</a> fighter jets after it briefly violated Sweden's airspace east of the Baltic island of Gotland on Friday, the Nordic country's armed forces said on Saturday.</p><p>Two Gripen jets were sent up to meet the Russian plane, an SU-24, after it failed to respond to a radio warning by Sweden's military air traffic control, the Swedish armed forces said in a statement.</p>.Ukrainian families cross Europe to plead for prisoners held by Russia .<p>"The Russian actions are not acceptable and show a lack of respect for our territorial integrity," Swedish air force chief Jonas Wikman said. "We followed the entire chain of events and were in place to intervene."</p><p>Friday's incident took place as Sweden — NATO's newest member — and several of its new allies take part in naval exercises in the Baltic Sea.</p><p>The Swedish military said similar airspace violations by Russian aircraft last occurred in 2022 when two SU-27 and two SU-24 planes also made incursions near Gotland.</p><p>Sweden's neighbour Finland said separately on Friday it suspected that four Russian military planes had violated its airspace on June 10.</p>