2 drones suspected of violating Finnish airspace over Hamina

Local media, quoting Finnish Air force said that the drones were flying towards Russia. Earlier on the day the Ministry of Defense and Finnish Airforce also reported violation of country´s airspace by a drone at Virolahti area. The model or origin of the drone has not been identified, and the drone is no longer in Finnish airspace, said the Ministry in a press release on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, after the violation Finnish Air Force imposed a temporary aviation restriction over the sea area off the coast of Kotka-Hamina. The restriction was lifted at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday. The Gulf of Finland Coast Guard has launched an investigation into the incident. The drones came as Ukraine attacked the major Russian oil port of Primorsk on the Gulf of Finland, local media reported. Several Ukranian drones were suspected of Finnish territorial violation during the recent period. On April 11, 2026, one drone was suspected territorial violation after it was found at Iitti, a municipality in Southern Finland. Two drones crashed in Kouvola in southeastern Finland after entering into Finnish airspace in the morning on March 29. One more Ukrainian drone was found in Finland on March 31, 2026. The Ukrainian authorities apologised to Finland for the drones crashes. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) saidthat the authorities do not completely exclude the possibility that, in addition to the unmanned aerial vehicles already found in Finland, several other such aircraft might have ended up in the country. TheFinnish Defence Forces intensified surveillance measures to ensure territorial integrity when Ukraine carried out attacks against Russian targets in the eastern Gulf of Finland. On April 7, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and her Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha discussed the recent incidents of dronesthat have strayed into Finnish territory.