Estonia’s foreign minister has defended Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign against Russia, saying the occasional aircraft that veers into NATO territory is an acceptable consequence of attacks that are increasingly damaging the Kremlin’s war effort. Speaking to the Financial Times, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said Tallinn has no intention of urging Kyiv to scale back its strikes, even after Ukrainian drones have landed in neighboring countries after being diverted by Russian electronic warfare systems.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Of course we are not happy about it,” Tsahkna said. “But we are not saying to Ukraine to stop it. This is hitting the lifeline of Putin.” Russia has intensified efforts to jam Ukrainian drones targeting military sites, oil facilities and other strategic infrastructure hundreds of kilometers behind the front line. The interference has occasionally pushed the aircraft off course, sending them into Estonia, Latvia and even Finland. One such drone carrying a 5-kilogram payload landed in rural Estonia last week. The incident followed political controversy in Latvia, where the government was brought down by political blowback over its response to stray munitions. Tsahkna rejected Moscow’s repeated accusations that the Baltic states are assisting Ukraine’s long-range operations, calling the claims baseless. He argued instead that the Kremlin’s rhetoric reflects growing concern over the effectiveness of Ukraine’s campaign against Russia’s economy.
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Margus Tsahkna said Tallinn has no intention of urging Kyiv to scale back its strikes, even after Ukrainian drones have landed in neighboring countries.







