Sweden protests against airspace violation by Russian planes

REUTERS ^ | 9/19/2014 | REUTERS

[McGruff]

Sweden said two Russian warplanes entered its airspace this week, calling the intrusion a "serious violation" and sending a protest to Moscow's ambassador in the Nordic country.

Countries in the region have become increasingly wary of Russia's military ambitions since Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimea region in March.

[McGruff]

You can thank Ukraine for starting the new Cold War.

[Steely Tom]

You can thank Ukraine for starting the new Cold War.

How so?

[Jack Hydrazine]

He forgot to add the /sarc tag.

[Dagnabitt]

Now the “Kiev Junta” is flying planes from Russia into Sweden!

[McGruff]

Everything was pretty quiet in the region until those Kiev EU weenies overthrew they’re legally elected government. It’s been going down hill ever since.

[Dagnabitt]

Sweden protests against airspace violation by Russian planes

That explains the flight suit.

[b4its2late]

Like Putin cares what Sweden thinks....

[wny]

Ooohhhhh...... A protest. I’m sure Vlad is shaking in his boots...

[lormand]

"He forgot to add the /sarc tag."

I wish. McGruff is a Putin lapdog, 100%.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Maybe the Swedes can fly over ‘completely unexpected’!

[Calvin Locke]

Now the “Kiev Junta” is flying planes from Russia into Sweden!

If memory serves, it was Sweden, looking at a US satellite transmission, that brought the happenings at Chernobyl, Ukraine into world view.

The more things change...

[Dagnabitt]

Hope Sweden can keep an eye on Putin's antics.

...and I'm pretty sure that it was the "Kiev Junta" too that arranged that kidnapping of the Estonian official in Estonia.

[Rashputin]

In early August they were pissed off because a US plane violated their air space without permission. The US apologized but refused to rule out doing the same thing again whenever they felt the need to leave international air space and fly over Sweden.

They probably have a form with check boxes they fill in and use for such protests.

[mac_truck]

It is interesting to see the difference in Swedish behavior with regard to the two recent airspace violations, one from the US and one from Russia.

Something tells me that might the point of the exercise.

[Yashcheritsiy]

You can thank Ukraine for starting the new Cold War.

Durn right. How dare those Ukrainians presume to be a sovereign nation with control over their own territory!

[lormand]

"Everything was pretty quiet in the region until those Kiev EU weenies overthrew they’re legally elected government. It’s been going down hill ever since."

You sound EXACTLY like a Pravda/Putin sock puppet.

Sure, everything was peachy there right? I suppose Russia Today hides all of the aggression from you and only shows Putin shirtless riding a horse.

[BobL]

“You can thank Ukraine for starting the new Cold War.”

Thank Obama. AMNESTY didn’t work out as planned and he needed to do some wagging.

Sorry for Sweden, but they might as well accept that they no longer control their airspace once we disarmed (relative to Russia).