The Government of Finlandthrough its Defense portfolio, reported in the last few hours the impact of two unmanned aerial vehicles of unknown origin in the southern area of its territory, specifically in the vicinity of the town of Kouvola.
Given this alert situation, Minister Antti Hakkanen issued an official statement to confirm the immediate deployment of security forces to the scene of the accident, proceeding with the preventive cordoning off of the perimeter. As part of the tactical response protocols, The Air Force of the Nordic nation mobilized an F/A-18 Hornet combat aircraft with the aim to carry out the corresponding recognition and identification tasks in the affected area.
The senior official in charge of national defense preliminarily defined this episode as an “alleged violation of the territory” underlining the seriousness with which the State is assuming the security situation. To detail the circumstances prior to the fall of the devices, the head of the portfolio specified that “several flying objects at low altitude and low speed were observed in Finnish airspace, in the maritime area and in the southeast of the country, on Sunday morning.”
At the moment, The competent organizations keep the investigations in progress to clarify the reasons behind the incursion of these droneswhile government authorities have guaranteed that additional details and definitive findings of the investigation will be released to the public as soon as their respective confirmation is achieved.
