Estonia claims a drone shot down a Romanian fighter jet — ERR
A Romanian fighter jet participating in a NATO air policing mission shot down a strayed attack drone over Estonian territory.
This was stated by Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur in a comment to the ERR broadcasting company.
According to preliminary data, the unmanned aerial vehicle is Ukrainian.
The attack drone “got lost” during flight and entered the airspace of the Baltic country, where it was promptly intercepted by allied military aircraft.
The head of the Defense Ministry noted that the drone’s wreckage fell at the edge of a field in the village of Kablaküla in the Estonian municipality of Põltsamaa.
Local security services immediately cordoned off the area of the incident to conduct a detailed investigation and collect the remains of the aircraft.
Currently, Estonian government agencies and military experts continue to work at the crash site to determine the exact technical specifications of the aircraft.
“The drone crashed in a fairly marshy area, and we are still conducting a search,” he said.
The search operation is complicated by the local terrain and soil conditions.
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