According to Russia's ministry, a military transport plane of its Baltic fleet made a planned flight on Aug. 23 from its St Petersburg region to Kaliningrad, a western exclave of Russia bordering Poland and Lithuania.
Finland says a Russian aircraft entered its airspace on Saturday afternoon without permission, the country's defense ministry said.
It said a state aircraft, a term which refers to plane used in military, customs and police services, briefly entered the airspace over the Gulf of Finland.
The border guard was examining data on the possible violations, the ministry added, and gave no further detail.
Finland shares a 1,300-km (800-mile) border with Russia and maintains generally cordial relations with its former ruler, but its defense forces have reportedly stepped up military surveillance due to the Ukraine crisis.
Later on Sunday Russia's defence ministry has denied that a Russian aircraft entered Finnish airspace, local media quoted the ministry.
According to Russia's ministry, a military transport plane of its Baltic fleet made a planned flight on Aug. 23 from its St Petersburg region to Kaliningrad, a western exclave of Russia bordering Poland and Lithuania.
"The flight was going on a strictly fixed route," Interfax news agency quoted an unnamed representative of Russia's defence ministry as saying. "The plane did not deviate from its air route during the flight..."
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