Russia is deliberately directing Ukrainian drones into Baltic states, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry says

Ukrainian intelligence has reported that drone incidents recorded in the Baltic states over the past few days were deliberately caused by Russia.

Source: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha during a joint press conference with Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Sybiha said Ukraine has never directed drones against the Baltic states. He also stressed that Ukraine is working with its partners to protect countries from such incidents in the future.

Quote: "Furthermore, I can state with confidence that in all these cases, these were entirely deliberate and targeted actions by Russia.

The available intelligence data indicates that Russia has been intentionally diverting drones to the Baltic states in order to use these incidents for its information purposes.

I am grateful to all our partners, the Baltic states and also Finland, who together with us are stating clearly that the cause of these incidents lies with Russia. It is Russia's war that created all these threats, and it is Russia that has to be forced into peace."

Background:

• In recent days, three drones identified as stray Ukrainian aircraft have been found in various locations in south-eastern Finland. Two were confirmed to have crashed on 28 March, while another was found on 31 March on a frozen lake near the Russian border. In all cases, no one was injured.
• In Estonia, another stray drone, thought to be Ukrainian, that had crashed there was found on 31 March. In total, around 10 aircraft may have violated the country's airspace.
• The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry apologised to the Baltic states and Finland for the incidents and said they were most likely the result of interference from Russian electronic warfare systems.

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