There are two reasons why drones ended up in the country
Ukrainian drones found themselves in Estonia as they were redirected or deviated due to actions by the Russian Federation.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing Liisa Tagel, media advisor at the Estonian Ministry of Defense’s Strategic Communications Department.
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“We know that the drones either deviated from their course or were redirected. We also know that Russia is using all means of electronic warfare, including spoofing and jamming,” she said.
Tagel added that the exact circumstances of the incident will be established during an investigation led by the State Prosecutor’s Office, with the Estonian Internal Security Service conducting the inquiry.
“We also know that Russia is using everything at its disposal for propaganda purposes. Therefore, we must emphasize that Estonia did not open its airspace to anyone for the purpose of carrying out attacks. And Ukraine did not request this,” she stressed.
Recall that the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Andriy Sibiga, stated that the aggressor country intentionally diverts Ukrainian drones towards the Baltic States to subsequently use such incidents for propaganda purposes. He added that Ukraine has intelligence data to confirm this.
It is noteworthy that on March 29, several drones violated Finnish airspace and crashed in the southeast of the country. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo confirmed that the drones that entered the country’s territory were Ukrainian.
In response, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that “under no circumstances were Ukrainian drones directed towards Finland.” In Kyiv, it was suggested that the drones might have fallen due to the operation of Russian electronic warfare systems.
Additionally, on March 25, drones from the aggressor country entered the airspace of the Baltic States. One of them crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, while another drone exploded in Latvia, after which its debris was found.
