NATO ally foils arson attack on drone factory — and says Russia is to blame

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“Russia must understand that hostile actions against Estonia come with consequences,” Estonia’s Foreign Minister said Sunday.

Estonia, one of the tiny NATO ally countries that border Russia, said Moscow was behind a foiled arson attack on a major drone manufacturing plant — and shut down all crossings with the country.

Authorities in the Baltic state of 1.3 million people said they detained eight people overnight on suspicion of a sabotage attack on the Estonian defense company Threod Systems early Saturday morning, which they said had been ordered by Russia’s GRU military intelligence service.

“The aim was to trigger an explosion and set the building on fire. We quickly arrested the suspects,” Estonia’s domestic intelligence agency, KAPO, said of the attempted sabotage, as quoted by German outlet, Bild.

“We strongly advise against even considering such job offers from Russia. The consequences are severe!” KAPO stated.

“Russia must understand that hostile actions against Estonia come with consequences,” Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a post on X on Sunday.

All eight of the suspects came from neighboring Latvia, also a NATO member state, which is home to a substantial Russian minority, according to the Estonian Ministry of Defense.

The public prosecutor’s office has applied for arrest warrants for five of them.

Thanks to the “swift response of law enforcement,” major damage to the drone manufacturer’s facility was prevented, according to Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal.

He condemned the attack “as part of the broader hybrid war that Russia is waging against Europe, with the aim of reducing support for Ukraine.”

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