Those Pesky Drones Again

Estonia shoots down Ukrainian drone

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/19/europe-ukraine-russia-belarus-nuclear-drills-un-security-council-eu-us-hungary-peter-magyar-poland-nato-latest-news-updates

The UK Guardian reports:

Nato jet shot down reported stray Ukrainian drone over Estonia, defence minister says – Europe live

Ukraine blames Russian jamming for the incursion and Russia warns that if some NATO countries are covertly allowing Ukrianian drones to overfly their airspace to attack Russia then this could trigger UN article 51 consequences.

So it's a bit of a pickle.

But you can understand Russia's concern given that Latvia's FM has already called for NATO strikes on the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/nato-capable-of-razing-russian-bases-to-the-ground-in-kaliningrad-lithuanian-fm/ar-AA23xILw

“We have to show the Russians that we’re capable of penetrating the small fortress they’ve built in Kaliningrad,” he said.

“NATO has the capability, if necessary, to raze Russian air defenses and missile bases there to the ground.”

And also because NATO's ('little daddy') Rudde has also called for a vast increase in military aid to Ukraine, which simply confirms what everyone already knows - NATO is at war with Russia but it would prefer Ukraine to fight that war for them down to the last Ukrainian.

https://english.nv.ua/nation/nato-considers-increasing-support-to-ukraine-50607788.html

Rutte asks NATO allies to commit 0.25% of their GDPs to Ukraine aid - Politico

It would be a lot better if 0.25% of the GDP of NATO countries could be used to build new hospitals, roads and rail links and schools rather for killing lots more Russians and Ukrainians and stimulating the French, German and UK weapon-based economies.

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