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Estonia and Latvia hit by drones as Ukraine unleashes massive attack on Russia

France24 · · 488 words

The article reports that drones originating from Russian airspace struck power plants in Estonia and Latvia, with officials attributing the incidents to Ukrainian drones. It details ongoing drone attacks between Ukraine and Russia, including Russia's large-scale drone strikes on Ukraine and Ukraine's retaliatory actions. Both countries' authorities provided statements about the incidents.

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“Estonia and Latvia hit by drones as Ukraine unleashes massive attack on Russia”
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Multiple independent web sources (Euronews, France 24, UNN) confirm drones from Russian airspace struck Estonia and Latvia. Cross-referenced reports align on the incident.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The official language of Estonia is Estonian, a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, which is related to Finnish. It is unrelated to the bordering Russian and Latvian languages, both of which are Ind…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Estonia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Latvian War of Independence (Latvian: Latvijas Neatkarības karš), sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles (Latvijas brīvības cīņas) or the Latvian War of Liberation (Latvijas atbrīvošanas karš),…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_War_of_Independence
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Baltic Defence Line (Estonian: Balti kaitsevöönd, Latvian: Baltijas aizsardzības līnija, Lithuanian: Baltijos gynybos linija) is a planned joint defense line by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania along…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Defence_Line
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“A drone coming from Russian airspace struck a power plant in Estonia on Wednesday”
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Three web sources (Euronews, France 24, UNN) independently report a drone from Russian airspace striking Estonia's power plant. Details match across sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Estonia–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between Estonia and Russia. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 2 February 1920 after the Estonian War of I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia–Russia_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Governorate of Estonia, also known as the Esthonia (Estland) Governorate, was a province (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire. It was located in the northern Estoni…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorate_of_Estonia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Estonia, the population of ethnic Russians is estimated at 285,819 or 20.9% of the country's total population as of 2025, most of whom live in the capital city Tallinn and other urban areas of Harj…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_in_Estonia
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“Another crashed into Latvian territory, with officials in Riga saying it was likely a Ukrainian drone gone astray”
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Multiple web sources (France 24, UNN) confirm Latvia's officials identified the drone as Ukrainian. Consistent reporting across sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Latvia First (Latvian: Latvija pirmajā vietā, LPV) is a right-wing populist political party in Latvia. It was founded in August 2021 by businessman and former member of parliament, former Minister of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia_First
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Latvian-Estonian Basketball League (Latvian: Latvijas—Igaunijas Basketbola līga, Estonian: Eesti-Läti Korvpalliliiga); known as Optibet Latvian-Estonian Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian–Estonian_Basketball_Le…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Latvia–Ukraine relations refer to the diplomatic relations between Latvia and Ukraine. Bilateral relations between Latvia and Ukraine have remained consistently strong, driven by shared concerns over …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia–Ukraine_relations
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“Kyiv launched a massive drone barrage on Russia, a day after Moscow fired almost 1,000 drones at cities across Ukraine”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about Ukraine's drone attack on Russia following Russia's attack on Ukraine.
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“Kyiv launched a barrage of almost 400 drones following Russia's record aerial assault on Ukraine on Tuesday”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about Ukraine launching 400 drones after Russia's aerial attack.
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“Authorities in both countries said that the drones had come in from Russian airspace”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm Baltic authorities stated drones originated from Russian airspace.
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“A drone struck the chimney of the Auvere power plant. No one was injured in the incident”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm the drone struck the Auvere power plant chimney without injuries.
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“The Auvere power plant, operated by the Enefit Power group, is located in northeastern Estonia, near the town of Narva on the Russian border”
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Cross-referenced report from EuroNews directly confirms the Auvere power plant's location near the Russian border.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Auvere power plant, operated by the Enefit Power group, is located in northeastern Estonia, near the town of Narva on the Russian border.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/25/russian-drone-strikes-es…
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“A Ukrainian drone attack set fire to oil facilities at Russia's Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about Ukrainian drones causing fires at Ust-Luga oil facilities.
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“Russian air defences downed 389 incoming Ukrainian drones”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm Russia's air defenses downed 389 Ukrainian drones.
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“It came a day after Russia fired almost 1,000 drones and 34 missiles at Ukraine”
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“At least six people were killed and around 50 people were injured”
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