A Drone Crashed And Exploded In Estonia

A crater has formed at the scene.

In Estonia, a local farmer found the wreckage of an impact drone around 3 p.m. on Aug. 25 in Elva Parish, Tartumaa County. An explosion crater had formed at the scene.

Police officials speculate that it could have been a Ukrainian drone that was blown off course by a Russian electronic warfare device, Estonian publication ERR wrote on August 26. Security Police Department Director General Margo Palloson said that no one was injured in the incident.

"According to preliminary data, we have reason to believe that it could have been a Ukrainian drone targeting objects on Russian territory, but which Russia used GPS jamming and other electronic warfare means to throw off course and it veered into Estonian airspace. At the moment there is nothing to indicate that it could have been a Russian drone," Palloson said.

He added that according to investigators it was a military drone because it had explosives attached to it. Palloson noted that if this UAV had hit an apartment building, it could have caused significant destruction.

Palloson noted that it was a military drone that had explosive material attached to it and it also exploded. If it had landed on an apartment building, it could have caused severe damage, he said. Police speculate that the drone could have flown into Estonia from both the Russian Federation and Latvia.

The Police and Border Defense Department also reportedly observed a drone moving over Lake Peipsi on the morning of Aug. 24 that fell into a lake in Russian territory.

A drone fell and exploded in Estonia: government reaction

Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said the drone fell in his country's territory because the Kremlin is continuing the war and Ukraine must defend itself.

The head of the Defense Forces Intelligence Center, Ants Kiviselg, said that the jamming of the GPS signal by the Russian military was aimed at protecting strategic facilities on Russian territory and was not aimed directly at Estonia or other North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) member states.

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