A group of Russian military inspectors will carry out this week an observation flight over the territory of Finland within the frames of the international Open Skies Treaty, Russian Defense Ministry’s newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda reported.

"The observation flight over the territory of Finland will be held between August 17 and 21 from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport," the newspaper quoted Sergey Ryzhkov, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, as saying. "The maximum flight range is estimated at 1,400 kilometers [some 870 miles]."

The inspection flight will be carried out on board of an An-30B aircraft, which will be strictly following an earlier approved route. Military specialists from Finland on board of the plane will be supervising the use of the surveillance equipment and observation of the Treaty provisions.