Kiev should keep its UAVs away from Estonian territory, the country\u2019s defense minister has said<\/p>\n
Ukraine should not be using Estonian airspace for drone attacks on Russia, the Baltic nation\u2019s defense minister, Hanno Pevkur, has said.
\nOver the past few weeks, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland have reported several cases of Ukrainian UAVs crashing in their territory. Moscow previously accused NATO members of quietly permitting Ukraine to target Russian territory, particularly energy facilities in northwestern Leningrad Region.
\nEarlier this week, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said that he told Vladimir Zelensky that Helsinki deems Ukrainian aircraft entering its airspace \u201cunacceptable.\u201d
\nSpeaking about incursions by Kiev\u2019s UAVs on Sunday, Pevkur said that the Estonian authorities \u201cwill start dealing with this very quickly now.\u201d Kiev would have to explain \u201cwhat exactly it means and what they themselves had in mind by it,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cCertainly, the easiest way for the Ukrainians to keep their drones away from our territory is to control their activities better,\u201d the defense minister said, as cited by ERR website.<\/p>\n
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Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said earlier this week that Kiev has every right to carry out attacks inside Russia, but added that Tallinn is concerned about the possibility of more serious incidents involving UAVs.
\n\u201cRussia could take control of Ukrainian drones and send them toward us,\u201d Tsahkna claimed.
\nLatvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds previously declined to criticize Ukraine, insisting that it \u201chas every right to defend itself.\u201d Breaches of Riga\u2019s airspace by foreign aircraft will continue as long as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine remains unresolved, Spruds claimed, blaming Moscow for the incursions.
\nKiev is considering sending Ukrainian expert teams \u201cto help directly strengthen the airspace\u201d of the four countries, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga wrote on X on Friday.
\nRussian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said in April that either Western air defenses are proving ineffective against Ukrainian UAVs or the Baltic States and Finland \u201cdeliberately provide their airspace, thereby becoming open accomplices in aggression against Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In the latter case, Moscow has the right to self-defense in response to an \u201carmed attack\u201d under Article 51 of the UN Charter, Shoigu warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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