Military officials from two Baltic nations reported detecting suspicious drone activity along their borders with Russia during the overnight hours, marking the latest in a series of airspace incidents affecting NATO’s eastern territories.
Estonian defense officials announced Tuesday morning that they had identified what they termed “potentially dangerous air activity” both within and beyond the nation’s airspace boundaries during the night.
“A preventive threat notification was sent out,” military officials stated, adding that the danger had subsequently subsided.
Colonel Uku Arold, a spokesperson for Estonia’s defense forces, told the country’s public broadcasting network ERR that it was “highly likely that Ukrainian drones that went astray were involved.”
Defense authorities did not respond to requests for additional information.
In recent weeks, Ukraine has intensified its drone operations against Russian oil processing facilities and export infrastructure, with some targets located near Russia’s borders with Baltic states and Finland, as part of efforts to undermine Moscow’s wartime economic capabilities.
According to ERR, wreckage from at least one unmanned aircraft was discovered in Estonia’s Tartu county, while officials continue investigating reports of additional debris findings.
Meanwhile, Latvia’s military forces issued their own statement confirming they had spotted a foreign drone near the Latvian-Russian border on Monday evening. Officials emphasized that the aircraft remained outside Latvian airspace.
Finnish authorities revealed Monday that a Ukrainian drone that went down in Finland on Sunday was carrying an unexploded warhead when it crashed.
