Ukraine has intelligence indicating Russia deliberately redirected drones toward Baltic countries and Finland in an effort to escalate tensions, according to Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
Russia Accused of Drone Diversion
Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv alongside EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Sybiha said Ukraine is in constant contact with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland regarding recent drone incidents. The intelligence suggests Russia may be attempting to create tensions between Ukraine and its European allies by falsely attributing drone incidents outside of Ukraine to Kyiv.
“We have intelligence data confirming that in all these cases, these were deliberate and targeted actions by Russia,” Sybiha said.
Sybiha affirmed that Ukraine has never intentionally directed drones toward these countries and is collaborating with partners to prevent future occurrences. This statement follows two drone crashes in Finland on March 30.
Finnish authorities identified one of the drones as Ukrainian, while the origin of the second remains undetermined. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry stated the drones were not intentionally directed toward Finland, shared all necessary information with Finnish authorities, and issued an apology for the incident.
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