Ukraine President Zelensky has warned of this…..
Russia seeing the support the Ukraine has across Europe
Move ‘s to soften that support by bringing the conflict to other countries populations
Putin feeling that America of Donald Trump REALLY don’t care what happens anyplace else except IN America
ALL have had Russian drone incursions …
This while the Russians ARE taking hits from Ukraine as Ukraine attacks deep into Russia….
There are NO efforts to end this…..
Just pounding
| 2026 Ukrainian drone incursions into the Baltic states and Finland | ||
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| Part of Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) and violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war | ||
In March and May 2026, several Ukrainian or suspected Ukrainian military drones entered the airspace of NATO member states in the Baltic region, including the Baltic states and Finland, after crossing from Russia during Ukrainian long-range attacks on Russian targets in the Baltic Sea region. The incidents occurred during a wider Ukrainian campaign against Russian oil export infrastructure, including repeated drone strikes on the ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk.
The first known incident in the series was reported in Lithuania on 23 March, followed by further crashes in Latvia and Estonia on 25 March. On 7 May, two suspected stray Ukrainian drones entered Latvia from Russia, one of them exploding at an oil storage facility in Rēzekne.The Baltic governments treated the incursions as security incidents linked to Russia’s war against Ukraine, while rejecting Russian accusations that their territories or airspace had been used for Ukrainian attacks on Russia.
Several sources, among them Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, claim that the drones were presumably driven off course into NATO countries by Russian electronic jamming….
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ISW….Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 14, 2026
- Kremlin officials continue to reiterate Russia’s unwillingness to engage in any meaningful peace negotiations that fail to fulfill Russia’s demands for Ukraine’s complete capitulation, despite Ukraine’s repeated negotiation efforts.
- Russia rejected Turkish and Ukrainian proposals for a moratorium on strikes against maritime targets in the Black Sea, further underscoring the fact that Moscow is systematically refusing even the most limited diplomatic proposals from Ukraine and third-party states.
- The technological offense-defense drone race in Ukraine is advancing rapidly and expanding the kill zone.
- Ukrainian forces hit a Russian oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast and a Wildberries warehouse in Tver Oblast overnight on August 13 to 14. Russian forces launched 112 drones against Ukraine overnight.
- Russian forces recently advanced in the Hulyaipole direction.
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Daily Kos grunt Report for Today….
Update…..
Add Romania to places Russian drone’s have wandered over….
A Spanish F-18 fighter jet on a NATO air-policing mission Sunday shot down a drone that had illegally entered Romanian airspace.
The drone was detected by radar about 24 kilometers north of the eastern city of Galați after entering Romania from Moldova. Having established radar contact, the fighter jet was authorized to shoot it down at 5:01 a.m. Authorities said debris from the destroyed aircraft had fallen in an uninhabited area between two villages.
Martin O’Donnell, spokesperson for NATO operation headquarters, said additional details regarding Sunday’s incident remained under investigation but that the drone “appears to be Russian.”….
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It is the fourth drone shot down by NATO over Romania since the beginning of 2026. In July, Romanian F-16s downed three Russian drones that breached the country’s airspace — the first such interceptions after dozens of incursions since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In May, a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in Galați, injuring two people…..