Stockholm accused Russian warplanes of violating Swedish airspace.
The Nordic country's armed forces made the complaint on Saturday. They said the incident occurred briefly east of the Baltic island of Gotland last Friday.
Several Swedish fighter jets took to the skies to chase a Russian fighter jet for violating its airspace.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström described the airspace violation as "unacceptable".
The Swedish Foreign Minister said that the officials of the Russian embassy in Stockholm will be summoned to his ministry in this incident.
In an email to Reuters, the Swedish foreign minister said they are in close contact with their allies and partners about the incident.
Reuters has reached out to the Russian Embassy in Sweden for comment on the incident. But there was no immediate response.
Sweden's armed forces said in a statement that it was first alerted to a Russian Su-24 fighter jet violating its airspace. But when that didn't work, they sent fighter jets.
Head of the Swedish Air Force, Jonas Wickmann, said that this incident is an example of Russia's lack of respect for Sweden's territorial integrity. They followed the entire incident. And was ready to take action according to the situation.
Sweden is a new member of the Western military alliance NATO. The incident comes at a time when several of the country's new allies are engaged in naval exercises in the Baltic Sea.
Another similar airspace violation by a Russian warplane occurred in 2022, the Swedish military said. Then two Su-27 and two Su-24 Russian fighter jets violated Swedish airspace near Gotland.
Sweden's neighbor Finland said on Friday it suspected four Russian warplanes had violated its airspace on June 10.
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