Ukraine Apologises to Baltic States for “Unintentional Incidents” Involving Drones

Ukraine apologised to the Baltic states for incidents involving Ukrainian drones entering their airspace and blamed Russia for the incidents.

“Russia continues to redirect Ukrainian drones into the Baltic states using electronic warfare systems. And Moscow is doing this deliberately, combining these actions with intensified propaganda.

We apologise to Estonia and all our Baltic friends for such unintentional incidents. Our relevant authorities have been and continue to work in close cooperation to investigate each individual case and find ways to prevent such situations, including through the direct involvement of our expert groups,” wrote Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi on X.

Tykhyi also stressed that Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland had not provided their airspace for strikes against Russia and that Ukraine had never made such a request to those countries.

“The Russians have no right to blame Ukraine, the Baltic states or Finland for the consequences of their own actions and, more broadly, of their war of aggression,” Tykhyi said.

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry also described as false the statement by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service alleging that Ukraine was preparing a series of strikes against Russia from Latvian territory.

“Russian disinformation is merely a continuation of a broader propaganda campaign aimed at destabilising public opinion in Latvia and the Baltic region,” Tykhyi said.