Drones rattle NATO’s northern flank

Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland and the
Baltic States are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine is spilling
over into NATO’s northern borders with Russia

DRONE INCURSIONS IN FINLAND AND BALTIC STATES (Mar 25-Sep 15, 2026)

BALTIC
SEA
Gulf of
Bothnia
Gulf of Finland
Lake
Ladoga

BELARUS
ESTONIA
FINLAND
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
POLAND
RUSSIA
RUS.
SWEDEN
UKRAINE

Eurofighter
Typhoon

Sep 15: Drone shot
down near villag
eof Pratkunai by
Italian Eurofighter
jet deployed on
NATO mission

Alūksne
Auvere
power plant
Balvi
Bērzgale
Helsinki
Iitti
Kaliningrad
Kouvola
Kraslava
Lavysas
Luumäki
Minsk
Parikkala
Põltsamaa
Porvoo
Rēzekne fuel
Riga
storage depot
St Petersburg
Stockholm
Tallinn
Tartu
Utena
Vilnius

Drone shot down by
NATO fighter jet

Drone crash/debris found

Drone warning/airspace
restriction issued

NATO members

200km
125 miles

Source: Reuters
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