{"id":38400,"date":"2026-03-27T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2026\/03\/27\/ukrainian-drones-hit-all-three-baltic-states-did-russia-redirect-them\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:20:51","slug":"ukrainian-drones-hit-all-three-baltic-states-did-russia-redirect-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2026\/03\/27\/ukrainian-drones-hit-all-three-baltic-states-did-russia-redirect-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drones hit all three Baltic States \u2212 did Russia redirect them?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BERLIN \u2014 Three Baltic states recorded drone incursions within roughly 48 hours this week, as Ukrainian strike drones<\/a> targeting Russian Baltic port infrastructure were apparently diverted into NATO territory by Russian electronic warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most serious incident occurred at 3:43 a.m. on March 25, when a drone crossing Estonian airspace from Russia struck the chimney of the Auvere power station in the eastern Ida-Viru County \u2212 located less than 50 kilometers from the Russian port of Ust-Luga, which Ukraine was striking overnight. No one was injured and the plant\u2019s power output was not affected, Estonian energy company Enefit Power said. But the incident was enough to trigger an emergency government session in Tallinn and a nationwide alarm alert that caused confusion when it failed to specify the affected region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Director General of the Estonian Internal Security Service, Margo Palloson, confirmed it was \u201cindeed a drone of Ukrainian\u201d origin, and Estonia\u2019s foreign minister stressed it \u201cwas not directed at Estonia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estonian Defense Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Andrus Merilo said investigators were working to determine what type of drone hit the plant, but he was unambiguous about its payload. \u201cWe can say with fairly high confidence that it was not a reconnaissance drone, but rather an explosive-laden device \u2014 either an attack drone or a decoy drone,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier the same night, a drone entered Latvian airspace from Russia and detonated in the Kr\u0101slava region in southeastern Latvia at around 2:30 a.m., according to Latvian military authorities. Latvian Deputy Chief of Joint Staff Egils Le\u0161\u010dinskis said the object was detected by radar roughly ten minutes before impact. \u201cThe aircraft most likely veered off course or was affected by electromagnetic warfare measures,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday night, a Ukrainian drone had already come down in the Varena district of southeastern Lithuania, near the Belarusian border, following a separate attack on Primorsk \u2212 Russia\u2019s other major Baltic oil port, which had been burning for over two days by Wednesday. Lithuanian authorities confirmed the drone had flown over Belarus before crashing.<\/p>\n\n\n\t