Third drone in a week comes down in Finland, authorities reportedly believe it flew in from Ukrainian territory

Source: YLE News

Finland’s Border Guard found a crashed drone on the ice of Lake Pyhäjärvi in the municipality of Parikkala, near the border with Russia. Police cordoned off the area and warned that their operations might produce brief loud sounds in the surrounding area. Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation has opened a criminal inquiry into the incident. Finnish authorities believe the drone flew in from Ukrainian territory and was carrying a warhead, according to the Finnish public broadcaster Yle.

It was the third drone to come down in Finland within a week. The previous two were discovered on Sunday, March 29, and at least one of them also originated from Ukrainian territory. The following day, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said the Ukrainian drones had not been directed toward Finland and that their presence on Finnish soil was most likely the result of Russian electronic warfare systems. He said Ukrainian authorities had apologized to Finland over the incident.

Last week, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia all reported Ukrainian drones entering their airspace. On the night of March 22, a drone came down in Lithuania’s Varėna district, which borders Belarus to the south. On the night of March 24, one drone fell in Latvia’s Krāslava municipality while another struck a smokestack at the Auvere power plant in Estonia.

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