Morning coverage centered on Rovaniemi, where President Stubb received Finland's first F-35 fighters. Live broadcasts followed the ceremony after weather initially kept the jet grounded; it later taxied and flew, Stubb inspected the aircraft and named the first airframe.

Attention then shifted to suspected entries into lawmakers' homes, a story flagged after a secret leaders' meeting on September 29. Speaker Halla-aho said a considerable number of cases, reported as more than ten, had been reported, with signs left inside but no usual break-in marks. Prime Minister Orpo said foreign influence could not be excluded, Ben Zyskowicz invoked Soviet methods, and intelligence researchers pointed to Russia. The military intelligence chief added Russia appeared to have prepared sabotage in Finland by soliciting photographs.