US EditionNorway says Russia violated its airspace three times in 2025
Norway reported three Russian airspace violations in 2025, occurring in spring and summer, with government labeling them unacceptable despite unclear intent.
- On Tuesday, Norway's government said Russia violated Norwegian airspace three times this year, with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store stating `We cannot determine whether this was done intentionally or due to navigation errors. Regardless of the cause, this is not acceptable`.
- The incidents occurred in late April, late July and on August 18, when a Su-33 fighter jet briefly crossed Norwegian airspace over the sea area northeast of Vardo, and Norway has not determined if the incursions were intentional.
- Oslo and Copenhagen airports were shut down after attacks by unidentified large drones, including a possible fourth case before dawn on Tuesday, September 23, delaying thousands of flights.
- Danish officials said they could not rule out Moscow's involvement, but Moscow denied responsibility and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticised the claims contradicting Norway's airspace violation reports this year.
- NATO responses include Estonia's September 19 breach where Russian MiG-31s spent 12 minutes over the Gulf of Finland, prompting emergency meetings and Poland's Article 4 declaration triggering Operation Eastern Sentry.
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Norway reports three airspace intrusions by Russian warplanes in 2025, condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible and unacceptable conduct’
On Tuesday, Norway revealed that Russian aircraft have violated its airspace three times this year after more than a decade of no such intrusions. Joining its NATO allies in condemning Russian violations of the alliance’s airspace, Norway reported that the violations in 2025 occurred in late April, late July, and most recently on August 18, when a Su-33 fighter jet briefly passed through Norwegian airspace over the sea area northeast of Vardo. I…
Russia Repeatedly Violated Norwegian Airspace
Norway’s government claimed on Tuesday, September 23, that Russia had violated Norwegian airspace three times this year. A Russian fighter jet entered Norwegian airspace for four minutes on April 25, a transport plane for three minutes on July 24, and another fighter jet for one minute on August 18. “We cannot determine whether this was done intentionally or due to navigation errors. Regardless of the cause, this is not acceptable,” Prime Minist…
The Norwegian government announced on Tuesday that in 2025 three times it recorded violations of its airspace by Russian aircraft, in April, July and August, after ten years without such incidents. In a statement following NATO's condemnation this Tuesday of the violation of Estonia's airspace by Russia on 19 September, following other similar incidents this month in Poland and Romania, the Norwegian government denounced this as "irresponsible a…
The Norwegian government said that during 2025, Russia violated the country's airspace three times.
Norway Says Russia Violated Its Airspace Three Times in 2025
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