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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker

Russian jamming blamed after Nato jet downs Ukrainian drone over Estonia

Two men take photos of a piece of metal in a field
Estonian journalists record images of a Ukrainian drone fragment near the village of Kablakula. Photograph: Valda Kalniņa/EPA

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.

A local resident told the Estonian public broadcaster, ERR, that he had seen two fighter jets – part of a Nato force policing the skies over the Baltic states – flying in the area before a loud bang that brought the drone down. He said the drone had crashed about 30 metres from the nearest residential building.

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