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Romanian jet shoots down what’s believed to have been a Ukrainian drone over Estonia
Estonian officials said the drone was likely headed for Russian targets and that no injuries or damage were reported after the shootdown.
- On Tuesday, a Romanian Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonia, marking the first time a NATO fighter intercepted an intruding drone in Baltic airspace.
- Officials stated that Russian electronic warfare measures deflected drones into the airspace of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, occurring amid frequent Ukrainian long-range drone attacks on Russian military infrastructure.
- Finnish authorities warned of suspected drone activity near Helsinki on May 15, while the Latvian government resigned last week over its handling of similar airspace violations and neighbouring Latvia summoned NATO Baltic Air Police.
- Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur confirmed the incident, stating, "We share airspace surveillance with Latvia and Lithuania," while Marko Mihkelson, chair of the Estonian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, identified the target as a Ukrainian drone.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said last week that Ukraine would send experts to Latvia to help protect the country's skies, as several Ukrainian drones have strayed into NATO members' airspace bordering Russia since March.
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A Ukrainian military drone, deviated according to Kyiv by the Russian electronic war, was shot dead over Estonia by a NATO F-16. The incident, unprecedented, illustrates the risk of overrunning the Ukrainian conflict...
Riko and Marko Plovits were playing ball in the yard when two fighter jets flew over their home. A NATO fighter jet conducting air surveillance shot down the drone. A cloud of smoke remained in the sky.
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NATO fighter jets have shot down over Estonia a supposedly Ukrainian drone that had invaded the airspace of the Baltic EU and NATO countries.
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C 35%
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