Ukraine is not permitted to use the territory or airspace of Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania to carry out attacks against Russia. This is stated in a joint declaration by the three countries.

The background to the statement from the foreign ministries of the three Baltic states is Russian accusations that some attacks against Russia are being launched from these countries.

“The Baltic states have never allowed their territories or airspace to be used for drone attacks against targets in Russia,” the joint statement reads in part, continuing:

“The Baltic states have officially rejected these accusations by clearly conveying this to the chargé d’affaires at the Russian diplomatic missions in Tallinn (March 27), Riga (March 31), and Vilnius (March 27). Despite this official reaction, Russia has continued to spread lies.”

At the end of March, drones crashed in Estonia and Latvia. Russia was initially blamed for the drones, but later the impacted countries’ authorities officially stated that they had instead come from Ukraine.

The statement from the Baltic states concludes with an appeal to Russia to “end its war of aggression against Ukraine and fully withdraw its armed forces from the entirety of Ukraine’s internationally recognized territory.”

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