The maneuvers were carried out within the limits of additional strategic restraint measures, military officials said. The aircraft worked with the fighter aviation of the 6th Army of the Russian Air Force, Air Defense and the Baltic Fleet Maritime Aviation. MiG-31 and will alternate around the clock at the airfield with the hypersonic complex "Dagger", summed up the Russian Defense Ministry.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the military-cosmic forces of Russia Lieutenant General Sergey Dronov confirmed the use of Russian military missiles "Dagger" for firing in Ukraine. The Finland Ministry of Defense reported that 2 Russian MiG-31 fighters are suspected of violating the Gulf of the Finnish Bay near Portovo, near the capital of Helsinki. The planes flew at a height of 1 kilometer and went west. Finnish Air Force raised the aviation air to identify violators.
Finnish border guards began to investigate the case. The ministry reminded that in May this year the Russian transport helicopter Mi-17 twice violated the air space of Finland. The helicopter invaded Finland a few hundred meters. "Dagger" is a complex with hypersonic aerobalistic missiles that affect targets up to 3,000 kilometers. The speed of the projectile - up to 12 thousand kilometers per hour. Ukrainian air defense cannot effectively identify and destroy these missiles.
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