Norway says Russia violated its airspace three times this year
OSLO, Sept 23, 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Norway’s government said Tuesday that Russia
had violated Norwegian airspace three times this year, branding the incidents
“not acceptable”.
It said a Russian SU-24 fighter jet entered Norwegian airspace for four
minutes on April 25, followed by a L410 Turbolet transport aircraft that
stayed for three minutes on July 24.
Most recently, on August 18, an SU-33 fighter jet was in Norwegian airspace
for a minute.
“Russia has violated Norwegian airspace on three occasions this spring and
summer,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in a statement.
“We cannot determine whether this was done intentionally or due to navigation
errors. Regardless of the cause, this is not acceptable,” Store said.
“The events in Norway are smaller in scale than the violations against
Estonia, Poland, and Romania, in terms of both location and duration,” he
added.
“Nevertheless, these are events we take very seriously.”
A member of NATO, Norway is often described as the “eyes and ears” of the
transatlantic defence alliance in the far north, where it shares a maritime
border and a 198-kilometre (132-mile) land border with Russia.