Background on the area: Gulf of Finland and Finland.
By region
- Kymenlaakso - 3 incidents
All 9 incidents, newest first
- 🇫🇮 · Sep 23, 2026 · International airspace over the Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Finland, 24 Sep 2026 - Finnish and Swedish jets intercept
The joint mission is the ninth Finland event AirVeto has reconstructed in 2026 and the second involving crewed Russian military aircraft, 35 days after the Il-20 violation south of Utö. - 🇫🇮 · Sep 1, 2026 · Pellinki archipelago
Russian Geoscan drone washes up on Finland's coast, 1 Sep 2026
A Russian-made Geoscan 701 mapping drone washed up near Porvoo, Finland, on September 1, 2026; Russia had already warned Finland that a civilian mapping drone had gone missing. - 🇫🇮 · Aug 20, 2026 · South of Utö island
Russian Il-20 crosses into Finnish airspace, 20 Aug 2026
A Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft crossed roughly 8.7 km into Finnish airspace south of Utö island on August 20, 2026, staying for about three minutes; Finland summoned Russia's ambassador. - 🇫🇮 · Jul 18, 2026 · Eastern Gulf of Finland
Kotka drone alerts, July 2026 - four Gulf of Finland closures
Finland imposed four temporary airspace and maritime restrictions on the eastern Gulf of Finland between 2 and July 18, 2026, each linked to Ukrainian drone strikes near St Petersburg. - 🇫🇮 · May 15, 2026 · Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport
Drone closes Helsinki-Vantaa airport in first-ever HEL shutdown
A drone alert closed Helsinki-Vantaa airport 04:00–07:19 EEST on May 15, 2026, triggering shelter-in-place for 1.8 million people; flights diverted to Stockholm and Rovaniemi. - 🇫🇮 · May 3, 2026 · Virolahti and waters southeast of Hamina
Two drones cross into Finnish airspace near Virolahti
Two drones crossed into Finnish airspace near Virolahti and off Hamina in the early hours of May 3, 2026, then exited toward Russia; investigators later attributed them to Ukraine. - 🇫🇮 · Apr 11, 2026 · Perheniemi
Ukrainian drone warhead detonates near Iitti, Finland
A Ukrainian drone with an unexploded warhead crashed in Perheniemi, Iitti, Finland on April 11, 2026; EOD detonated it around 20:00 EEST. NBI opened two probes. - 🇫🇮 · Mar 31, 2026 · Lake Pyhäjärvi
Ukrainian Chaika crashes into Finnish lake near Russia
A Ukrainian Chaika drone with an unexploded warhead crashed on frozen Lake Pyhäjärvi near Parikkala, Finland, on March 31, 2026, 2 km from the Russian border. - 🇫🇮 · Mar 29, 2026 · Oravala
Ukrainian drones crash near Kouvola, Finland after EW jamming
Two Ukrainian drones crashed in southeastern Finland on March 29, 2026 after Russian EW jamming diverted them from a Ukrainian strike on Ust-Luga oil terminal.
Counts and the list are built from the AirVeto incident archive. Methodology: see /about/methodology. AirVeto is situational awareness and decision support, used alongside official systems. It does not replace them.