Armed drone found in Estonia was likely stray Ukrainian UAV that was heading for Russia – photos

A drone carrying a warhead that was found in a field in Estonia near the Russian border is likely to be a Ukrainian UAV that went astray on its way to targets in Russia during earlier attacks.

Source: Estonian public broadcaster ERR; European Pravda

Details: The drone was discovered about two weeks ago near the village of Rõuge in south-eastern Estonia, but the find was not reported publicly until now. A local man came across the UAV when he went to work on his land.

Harrys Puusepp, Head of the Estonian Internal Security Service, said the report of the discovery had been received on 10 June. The main part of the drone was lying in long grass, and debris was also found in a nearby tree, suggesting that the drone initially hit the crown of the tree.

It's thought that this is one of the drones that may have entered Estonian territory while an air-raid warning was in effect on 3 June.

Quote from Puusepp: "In the case of this drone, it is probably one of those that were detected by our radars and that the military were sent to search for but no further confirmation was found. One asset, believed to be a UAV, disappeared from radar near the location where the debris was found. So based on this information, I assume this is one of the drones that entered on 3 June."

More details: The drone was found to be carrying a warhead weighing about 5 kg.

Ukrainian attack drones were heading to Russia that day to strike targets near St Petersburg.

Background:

• NATO fighter jets have shot down stray Ukrainian drones over the Baltic states twice: the first over Estonia and the second over Latvia.
• In recent months, dozens of drones have either crashed on their own after going off course or eventually left the airspace of Ukraine's allies.

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