Ukrainian drones hit two more NATO states (PHOTOS)

2026-03-25 - 16:00

Estonia and Latvia have said the UAVs exploded on their territory, a day after Lithuania reported a strike A Ukrainian kamikaze drone on its way to strike Russia hit a power plant in northeastern Estonia early Wednesday, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal has said, according to public broadcaster ERR. Another UAV hit in Latvia, the Defense Ministry in Riga reports. The Ukrainian military has intensified its kamikaze drone strikes on Russian regions in recent months, after facing a number of battlefield setbacks in Ukraine. Moscow has characterized them as “terrorist attacks” targeting infrastructure, as well as industrial and residential areas. According to ERR, one Ukrainian drone hit the chimney of the Auvere Power Plant in Estonia at around 3:43 AM local time. It was part of a large-scale overnight attack on Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, during which a number of UAVs launched from Ukraine traversed Estonian airspace, Michal told journalists on Wednesday. A drone that entered from Russian airspace struck the chimney of the Auvere power plant in Estonia pic.twitter.com/YrpPpDO74O — AlexandruC4 (@AlexandruC4) March 25, 2026 In a separate incident, a Ukrainian drone impacted in neighboring Latvia, this time dealing no damage to local infrastructure, the Latvian Defense Ministry said in a press release. The armed forces and national police have launched a criminal investigation into the incident, it said. Burned grass near the impact site of a Ukrainian drone, Kraslava district, Latvia, March 25, 2026. © Latvian Defense Ministry A day earlier, Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene said a UAV launched from Ukraine went astray and impacted in southern Lithuania on Monday. Read more Almost 400 Ukrainian drones downed over Russia in single night – MOD “We can already say with certainty that it was a drone that went astray,” she told reporters after a meeting with national security officials in Vilnius on Tuesday. “[It] was a Ukrainian drone and was associated with the operation that the Ukrainians were conducting against Russia that night.” Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said the drone went undetected by NATO radar because it was “flying at an altitude of less than 300 meters.” The incidents are not the first examples of Ukrainian drones and other munitions encroaching into NATO members states since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. Read more Ukraine turns down US ‘paradise’ offer – media Last summer, Estonia’s Internal Security Service reported a suspected Ukrainian drone crash in a field in the southeast of the country. In September, after more than a dozen drones were reported crossing into Poland, Moscow accused Kiev of deliberately sending UAVs into NATO territory as part of a false flag attack, in order to pit the military bloc directly against Russia. Polish media later confirmed that the only damage from the incident was caused by a missile fired by one of Poland’s F-16s involved in intercepting the drones. Moscow has maintained that it was not striking targets in the area at the time.