Finland detects attack on Russian warship in Gulf of Finland
The incident comes as drone activity has spread across northwest Russia and the Baltics, prompting NATO fighter deployments and shelter alerts.
The Finnish military said it detected an attack on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland area and is continuing to monitor the situation, while assessing security in the area remains stable. Finnish authorities did not specify the location, time or method by which the attack was detected, and there was no clarity on casualties or the cause of the incident. Estonian media reported that the vessel hit was a small Russian navy ship and that it later returned to St Petersburg. The incident comes as Ukraine has increasingly sent drones into northwest Russia, including the Leningrad region and the Baltic port of Ust-Luga. Several drones also entered Finnish airspace and the Baltic region, prompting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to issue shelter alerts and triggering NATO aircraft deployments.