Estonia says Nato jet shot down drone over its territory

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A NATO jet shot down a drone over Estonian territory after it crashed into a forest. Estonia suspects the drone was a Ukrainian projectile that was diverted by Russian electronic jamming. Local media published photos of drone fragments found near a residential building. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry apologized for the "unintended incidents," stating Russia intentionally redirects Ukrainian drones into the Baltics. This statement followed a Russian intelligence claim that Ukraine planned to launch drones from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania against Russian targets. Latvia dismissed the Russian claim as disinformation, asserting its territory has not been authorized for such attacks.

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Latvia dismisses the SVR claim as Russian disinformation.

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Estonia reports a NATO jet shot down a drone over its territory.

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Local media published photos of alleged drone fragments on the ground.

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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesman claims Russia redirects Ukrainian drones into the Baltics on purpose.

quoteHeorhii Tykhyi (Ukraine Foreign Ministry spokesman)

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Russia's SVR claims Ukraine plans to launch drones against Russian targets from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

factualSVR (Russia's foreign intelligence agency)

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Local media outlets later published photos of what they said were drone fragments on the ground. The drone crashed into a forest, about 30m (98ft) from the nearest residential building, Estonia's ERR public broadcaster reported.It quoted a local resident as saying: "There was a loud bang and I saw the drone fall from the sky."In Ukraine, Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said "Russia continues to redirect Ukrainian drones into the Baltics" and did this "on purpose, together with intensified propaganda".In a statement, he said: "We apologise to Estonia and all of our Baltic friends for such unintended incidents," stressing "we use the Russian airspace to get to them". His comments came just hours after Russia's foreign intelligence agency SVR said that Ukraine was planning to launch its drones against Russian targets from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. SVR reported that Ukrainian drone military personnel had already been deployed at military bases in Latvia.Latvia dismissed the claim as Russian "disinformation", with the foreign ministry saying Riga "has not given its consent for its territory and airspace to be used to carry out attacks against targets in the Russian Federation".

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