Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur has said that a fighter jet had for the first time shot down what was likely a "stray" Ukrainian strike drone over the country's territory after air-raid warnings were issued in part of the country.

Authorities say a Romanian F-16 jet belonging to NATO air policing forces in the Baltics have shot down what is believed to have been a Ukrainian drone over southern Estonia.

A NATO military jet shot down a suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonia on Tuesday, the Baltic country said, the latest in a series of airspace violations