Estonia says Nato jet shot down drone over its territory
Estonia suspects the drone was a Ukrainian projectile knocked off course by Russian electronic jamming.
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"We received early information from Latvia about a drone that had strayed off course, and Estonia tracked the drone until Romanian fighter jets participating in the Baltic air policing mission shot it down."
— Hanno Pevkur , Politician
"We apologise to Estonia and all of our Baltic friends for such unintended incidents, stressing we use the Russian airspace to get to them."
— Heorhii Tykhyi , Other
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Estonia suspects the drone was a Ukrainian projectile knocked off course by Russian electronic jamming.
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