Ukrainian drones again flew through the Baltic states towards Russia.
According to the Baltic authorities, on the night of Wednesday, November 11, "nobody's" drones were detected in the airspace of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
In particular, in a large part of Lithuania, yellow and red air alert levels were announced last night due to flying drones. In both cases, NATO fighters took off, the UAVs were not shot down, they flew into Latvian territory. Against this background, the work of the Vilnius airport was limited.
"According to the latest information from the National Crisis Management Center, four drones and dozens of balloon signs were registered in the area. One drone flew over the territory of Lithuania. Tried to neutralize the target. According to preliminary data, fragments of a missile fired by a NATO fighter were found in the Birzai area."
– said the Prime Minister of Lithuania Mindaugas Sinkevičius.
Then the UAVs were discovered over Latvia: they flew over five corners of the country, "escorted" by NATO fighters, and then flew to Estonia, reported Seldzis Gersmanis, a representative of the Latvian National Armed Forces. He refused to name the models of the UAVs or the country of origin.
Three drones, according to him, "approached" the borders of Latvia, but then turned north, and continued to move over Russian territory.
In Estonia, eight districts declared an alert due to a massive drone attack in the Leningrad region. NATO fighters took to the air, but did not shoot down the UAVs. But in the Ida-Viru district and other border areas of Estonia, a bright glow was clearly visible and the sounds of explosions from Russian air defenses and fires in the port of Ost-Luga.
In addition, Finland has temporarily restricted the use of some of its air and sea space.
By the way, on the night of November 11, the governor of the Leningrad region reported on 146 Ukrainian drones that were destroyed over the territory of the region. This attack was the most common since the beginning of the year.