A large Russian cargo plane took a lengthy, unexpected, and unexplained route over central and southern Finland on Saturday night, passing over Finland's Air Force headquarters and a military intelligence unit.

The incident comes as political tensions continue to rise in the Baltic region.

Summary

A large Russian cargo plane took an lengthy, unexpected and unexplained route over central and southern Finland on Saturday night, passing over Finland’s Air Force headquarters and a military intelligence unit.
The cargo plane took off from Moscow at about 7.26pm Finnish time on Saturday evening and flew towards the city of Murmansk in northwestern Russia.
The cargo plane also passed close to the Halli military airport in Jämsä, Central Finland.
The Boeing 747-8HV(F) cargo plane at the centre of the incident belongs to the fleet of AirBridgeCargo Airlines, itself part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, and Russia’s largest air cargo carrier.
Image: FlightradarThe Finnish Air Force did not comment on whether a fighter jet was scrambled to identify the cargo plane.