Estonia switches on first border sensors to detect drones as Baltic incursions mount
The Interior Ministry says equipment now operating near the Luhamaa crossing begins a system meant to shield the entire eastern frontier by year's end.
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Russia is “directing” Ukrainian drones into NATO territory, Estonian foreign minister says
The minister spoke ahead of an alliance foreign ministers meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, where colleagues rejected Moscow's claims of Baltic complicity.
Latvia issues drone alert over three eastern municipalities, deploys additional air defense
Latvia's military told residents in the Ludza, Krāslava, and Rēzekne municipalities to follow the two-wall principle and call 112.
Ukraine must choose strike targets more precisely, Polish defense minister says
Kosiniak-Kamysz spoke a day after Estonia shot down a drone of likely Ukrainian origin near Lake Võrtsjärv
ISW: Russia prepares the ground for Baltic aggression as its spy agency threatens Latvian “decision-making centers”
Russia's SVR threatens Latvian military bases over Ukrainian drone claims Riga denies. ISW warns Moscow is manufacturing a pretext for Baltic aggression.
First Ukrainian drone shot down over Estonia: Kyiv apologizes, accusing Russian jamming
MFA: "Moscow is doing this deliberately."
Estonia downs first drone over Its own territory – and suspects it was Ukrainian
Estonia shot down a drone over Lake Võrtsjärv for the first time. Defense Minister Pevkur suspects Ukrainian origin. Latest in a series of Baltic drone incidents.
Drone hits Yaroslavl refinery for third time in two weeks as Russia’s fourth-largest oil plant burns again
Yaroslavl governor confirms Ukrainian drone struck industrial facility on 19 May; fire contained, no casualties, six Russian airports closed.
For first time in war, Ukrainian strikes begin worrying Russians more than front
Meanwhile, Russian state TV gave the largest Moscow attack of the war under a minute.
Russia just hit commercial vessel of its closest war ally in Ukrainian waters with Shahed drone
Russia has spent months hitting civilian ships across the Black Sea. This one belonged to its closest strategic partner.
Russia’s Project 21980 “Grachonok”, equipped with Igla missiles and grenade launchers, just got new defense
They couldn't protect themselves. Now Russia is wrapping them in nets and hoping that's enough.
Latvian police debunk fake claim that Ukrainian drone hit passenger train
Latvia's State Police debunked online claims that a Ukrainian drone hit a passenger train, saying a 5 May fire on the Rīga–Daugavpils line was likely engine damage.
Drone slams into Moscow high-rise 6 km from Kremlin — Sobyanin says no casualties, airports halt operations
A drone hit a high-rise on Moscow's Mosfilmovskaya Street, 6 km from the Kremlin. Russia claims 117 UAVs downed overnight; Samara reported strikes but isn't in MoD's tally
Technology Russia and Ukraine refined on their battlefield just hit Israeli Black Hawk in Lebanon
Fiber-optic drones cannot be jammed by electronic warfare. No signal to block. No frequency to suppress. The wire carries the signal directly from operator to drone.
Russian drones hit Sumy hospital — 15 injured, three schoolgirls among wounded
Russia launched 143 drones and two Iskander missiles overnight on 21 April. A Sumy medical facility was hit, injuring 15 including three girls; one killed in Kherson, school destroyed in Sloviansk.
Tver hears blasts, Krasnodar burns: Ukraine’s drones reach deep into Russian rear
Drone debris sparked a fire at an oil depot in Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai overnight — 80 firefighters deployed, contained by morning.
Ukraine’s interceptor drones set record. Last year, this number would have meant catastrophe
During the 24 March attack, Ukrainian forces destroyed more than 94% of 999 incoming drones.
Russia rushes to 101,000 drone troops by April as Ukraine hits 105,200 targets in February
On the evening of 12 March, following a command conference on unmanned systems, Ukraine's top general released a number that captures where the war is headed: 101,000 — the size of the drone force Russia intends to have operational within weeks.
Drones hit transneft-linked oil hub in southern Russia, setting tanks ablaze
Russian officials called it falling debris. Eyewitness footage showed burning tanks. The two accounts of what happened overnight at the Tikhoretsk-Neft oil depot in Krasnodar Krai are difficult to reconcile.
Diplomacy is going great in Moscow’s understanding: Russia struck suburban train in motion full of passengers amid “peace talks”
Russia's drones have found a new prey: moving passenger trains carrying people in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.