NATO jet shoots down drone over Estonia, Defense Minister says

A fighter jet from the Baltic Air Mission shot down a drone that had strayed into #Estonia over Lake Võrtsjärv around noon on Tuesday. Who got the kill, French 🇫🇷 Rafael or Portuguese 🇵🇹 F-16? Stay tuned! #NATO www.err.ee/1610027854/h...

🇪🇪🇺🇦 NATO Baltic Air Policing jet shot down Ukrainian drone over Estonia's Lake Võrtsjärv on Monday. UAV likely drifted off course due to Russian electronic warfare jamming. Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said Latvia provided advance warning, enabling early detection.

🇪🇪 May 19 has become the first known time a NATO aircraft shot down a drone over #Estonia. The drone was probably Ukrainian. I think the Baltic states can use off-course drones as real-world practice for future Russian mass drone attacks.

Estonian officials, including Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur, reported that a drone entered Estonian airspace from the south (after a warning from Latvian authorities).

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 in the region amid frequent Ukrainian attacks on neighbouring Russia. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

A drone entered Estonian air space and was shot down by a NATO Baltic Air Policing fighter jet over Lake Võrtsjärv (Possibly another Ukrainian drone distracted by russian EW, but no further info at this time. Breaking news, being clarified) news.err.ee/1610027866/i...

A NATO fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian drone over Estonia — the first time in 22 years of Baltic air patrols that an allied jet has actually fired on anything. Estonia says Russia's GPS jamming likely sent the drone off course. defence-blog.com/romanian-f-1...

🇪🇪 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗔 | 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 BLUF: This morning Latvia warned Estonia a Ukrainian drone was inbound. Estonian radar confirmed the track. A Romanian F-16 on NATO Baltic Air Policing shot it down over Lake Võrtsjärv. Ukraine's Defense Minister called Pevkur and apologized.

For the first time, a Baltic Air Policing fighter jet has shot down a Ukrainian drone over Estonia. Kyiv has reportedly apologized for the incident, blaming it on Russian electronic interference. "If anybody finds the drone, don't touch it!" says Estonia's defense minister.

🇪🇪 Estonia shot down a drone over its territory for the first time. Estonian air defense forces downed a drone above Lake Võrtsjärv, near the city of Tartu, about 80 km from the Russian border, said Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur.

A Romanian F-16 aircraft shot down a Ukrainian stray drone over Estonia during a NATO air policing mission. Kyiv has apologized for the incident. It seems we’re capable of shooting down drones after all. So what about the Russian drones entering Romanian territory?

A Romanian F-16 Nato jet shot down a drone over Estonia on Tuesday in what appears to be the latest case of Russian electronic jamming diverting long-range Ukrainian drones into the alliance’s territory. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

ESTONIA DEFENCE MINISTER: WE ARE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A SEARCH FOR THE DRONE

"A drone that entered Estonian airspace was shot down over Lake Võrtsjärv, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said. The Estonian Defence Forces issued an air threat alert for southern Estonia Tuesday afternoon and ended it at 12:45 p.m."

NATO jet shoots down drone over Estonia: A NATO military jet shot down a drone of apparent Ukrainian origin in Estonia, the Baltic country's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said, the latest in a series of airspace violations in the region bordering Russia. TVP World News tvpworld.com/93331083/nat...