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A Russian warship, the Naro-Fominsk, was attacked in the Gulf of Finland during a drone strike launched by Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, targeting a Kremlin oil export depot. The incident, thought to be the first Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian vessel in this area, occurred early on Wednesday near Suursaari, approximately 28 miles from Finland’s coast.
The attack on the Naro-Fominsk occurred early on Wednesday in a narrow stretch near Suursaari, approximately 28 miles from Finland’s coast. Finland’s military noted it had detected the strike and is actively monitoring the situation, but has not disclosed further details on the incident’s circumstances or detection.
Finland’s military confirmed there is no immediate threat following the attack on the Russian warship Naro-Fominsk, attributing the incident to Russia’s ongoing military actions. In response to increasing drone activity in their airspace, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have issued public warnings for citizens to take shelter and deployed Nato warplanes for surveillance.
What remains unclear — The exact number of prisoners to be swapped between the US and Russia has yet to be announced.
Ukrainian drones strike Russian warship Naro-Fominsk in Gulf of Finland
Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, said it targeted the ship Naro-Fominsk during a wider drone strike against a Kremlin oil export depot in the Baltic Sea (Picture: AK Bars/e2w)
A Russian warship has been attacked in the Gulf of Finland, forcing it to turn back and return to port.
Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, said it targeted the ship Naro-Fominsk during a wider drone strike against a Kremlin oil export depot in the Baltic Sea.
It is thought to be the first time Ukrainian drones have attacked a Russian vessel in an area of the Baltic open to civilian maritime traffic.
Finland’s military said there was no immediate threat and described the incident as being the result of Russia’s continued full-scale war.
‘The Finnish Defence Forces detected… a strike on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland area and has monitored the development of the situation,’ a spokesperson said.
The defence forces declined to provide further details about the location or timing of the incident, or how it was detected.
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It appears to have taken place in the early hours of Wednesday in a narrow stretch near Suursaari, about 28 miles from Finland’s coast.
The attack came as Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, also the president’s son-in-law, travelled to the Kremlin for talks with Vladimir Putin.
The two then flew to Dublin to meet with Volodymyr Zelensky as Washington sought new momentum for its peace efforts.
The talks produced no major breakthrough, aside from an agreement to swap a large number of prisoners, with the exact figure still to be announced.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, at the Kremlin (Picture: Reuters)
Witkoff and Kushner later met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin (Picture: AP)
Plans for another round of talks were announced as well, with Europe promised a seat at the table, though no details were given about which countries or how many would join.
Ukraine has stepped up strikes on Russia’s oil sites in recent months amid outrage at Putin’s continued targeting of energy infrastructure in defiance of Trump’s demand to halt the attacks.
Kyiv has been sending waves of drones towards Russia’s northwest Leningrad region, which includes the city of St Petersburg as well as the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, a major export outlet for commodities such as oil and grain.
Some Ukrainian drones have strayed into the airspace of Finland and the Baltic region, leading to fears that the war is spilling over into Nato countries that border Russia and its ally Belarus.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania early on Wednesday issued warnings to citizens to take shelter due to drones in their airspace, and Nato scrambled warplanes in response.
The Gulf of Finland is a narrow arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia that extends eastwards to St Petersburg.
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