Drones could deflect jammers
Ukraine subsequently apologized a few days later for the drones that flew not only into the territory of Estonia or Lithuania, but also Latvia and Finland. “Ukraine did not and could not direct drones towards the Baltic countries,” the website quoted Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hrehoriy Tychy as saying.
Tychy pointed out that Kyiv is in contact with its Baltic partners and the circumstances of the incidents during which Ukrainian drones, so to speak, strayed where they were not supposed to be are being investigated.
But in the meantime, the head of the Estonian security service, Margo Palloson, offered an explanation – the drone that hit the power plant veered off course due to “influence” in Russian airspace. In short, the Ukrainian drone was probably diverted from the route by Russian jammers.
that he has intelligence that suggests the Russians may have deliberately diverted Ukrainian drones to the Baltic countries and Finland in an attempt to stoke tensions.
The northerners recognized that Ukraine was defending itself
For now, however, the affected countries are showing understanding for Ukraine, which is trying to limit the possibilities of the Russian budget when it comes to financing the war with far-reaching attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.
Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, for example, that her country will not demand that Ukraine stop or limit attacks on the Russian oil sector. “Finland is not asking for anything like that. But of course we have to make sure that Finns are not put at risk,” she concluded.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas blamed Russia for the drone crash, saying that it is not Ukraine’s fault that Russia started the war. At the same time, he pointed out that he plans to discuss with his Ukrainian counterpart how “similar threats can be minimized”.
Estonians want drone police
In the meantime, in Estonia they are coming up with a law that is supposed to expand the possibilities of monitoring and suppressing drones even in peacetime. Secretary of State Keit Kasemets, who presented the draft law in response to the drone crash at the Auvere power plant, noted that the legislation needs to be updated also because the original one was primarily created primarily for manned aircraft.
As the newspaper writes, according to the bill, for example, the police and the border service will have the function of a kind of drone police, which will be given the authority to destroy suspicious drones throughout Estonia.
The Estonians also plan to create a unified monitoring system, with their defense forces responsible for airspace control and other agencies required to share data, the newspaper said.
The Russians are spreading the word that the Baltics are a launching pad for Ukrainians
At the same time, the Baltic countries warned against the Russian information, or more precisely, disinformation operation, through which Moscow spreads that the Baltic countries allow the Ukrainians to use their territory for attacks against objects located on Russian territory.
“We inform you that Latvia, as well as Lithuania and Estonia, do not participate in the planning and implementation of the Ukrainian counter-offensive against Russia,” the Latvian Ministry of Defense said.
A similar message came from Estonia.
“The drones that flew into Estonian airspace on the night of March 25 flew there from Russian airspace,” Estonian Colonel Ants Kiviselg, who heads the intelligence center of the Estonian Defense Forces, was quoted as saying by the website.
According to him, none of them were aimed at Estonia, and the drones either lost their course or were diverted from it.
