MP: Russian satellite's shadowing of Finnish satellite a 'deliberate provocation'

ERR News21 October 2026, 09:11 UTCFinland

The recent maneuvering of a Russian military satellite dangerously close to a Finnish radar satellite was a deliberate provocation and could have resulted in a major accident, physicist and Riigikogu member Mario Kadastik (Reform) said.

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