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Drone incursions sow fear and chaos along NATO’s Baltic and Finnish borders

Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine is spilling over into NATO’s northern borders with Russia.As Ukraine steps up long-range attacks on Russian Baltic Sea oil shipping ports, some of its drones have missed their targets and led to security warnings in neighbouring countries. In the case of Latvia, it led to a government collapse.The following is a timeline of recent drone incidents involving Finland and the three Baltic states:March 25 - Two stray Ukrainian military drones enter Estonia and Latvia via Russia. One hits a chimney at Estonia’s Auvere power station, near the Russian border, and another crash-lands in Latvia.Lithuania had earlier reported a Ukrainian drone crashing into a lake.March 29
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