2026 drone incursions into the Baltic states and Finland
Violation of Baltic states airspace by drones
2026 drone incursions into the Baltic states and Finland
In March and May 2026, several Ukrainian or suspected Ukrainian military drones entered the airspace of NATO member states in the Baltic region, including the Baltic states and Finland, after crossing from Russia during Ukrainian long-range attacks on Russian targets in the Baltic Sea region. The incidents occurred during a wider Ukrainian campaign against Russian oil export infrastructure, including repeated drone strikes on the ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk. Additionally, Russian drones have also crashed into NATO territory. The first such incident took place in Finland, where a Russian civilian-type Geoscan 701 surveillance drone was discovered in September 2026. The first known incident in the series was reported in Lithuania on 23 March, followed by further crashes in Latvia and Estonia on 25 March. On 7 May, two suspected stray Ukrainian drones entered Latvia from Russia, one of them exploding at an oil storage facility in Rēzekne. The Baltic governments treated the incursions as...
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