Ukrainian drones may have "strayed" into Finland due to GPS malfunctions
Several Ukrainian attack drones that ended up over Finnish and Baltic airspace likely veered off course due to serious GPS malfunctions.
This was reported by Yle.
Journalists analyzed data from monitoring services, including Gpswise, which recorded significant signal anomalies over the Gulf of Finland, Estonia, and southern Finland.
The disruptions occurred precisely during the period when the drones were heading toward St. Petersburg.
Finnish officials speculate that the cause could have been Russian electronic warfare measures, though this has not been officially confirmed.
Such interference could have affected the drones’ navigation and caused them to deviate from their intended route.
The Ukrainian drones were in no way directed toward Finland, the Foreign Ministry stated. Kyiv has already provided the Finnish side with all necessary information to clarify the circumstances of the UAV crash and apologized for the incident.
Finnish police reported the crash of another unidentified drone on Sunday, March 29. The incident occurred on sea ice near Mellsteninranta in the city of Espoo, in the Western Uusimaa region.
