{"id":1345801,"date":"2026-04-11T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1345801"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:53:47","slug":"baltic-states-reject-russian-claims-of-providing-airspace-for-ukrainian-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/baltic-states-reject-russian-claims-of-providing-airspace-for-ukrainian-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltic States Reject Russian Claims of Providing Airspace for Ukrainian Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have jointly rejected Russian accusations that they allowed their airspace to be used for Ukrainian drone strikes against Russian territory,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a coordinated statement issued by their foreign ministers, the Baltic states stressed that such claims are false.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Baltic states have never allowed their territories or airspace to be used for drone attacks on targets in the Russian Federation,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Estonia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, these accusations were formally denied to Russian diplomatic representatives in Tallinn (March 27), Riga (March 31), and Vilnius (March 27).<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite our official response, Russia continues to spread falsehoods,\u201d the ministry added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Baltic states emphasized that Ukraine is acting in self-defense against Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion, in full accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInstead of continuing its malicious information campaign, Russia must end its aggressive war against Ukraine and withdraw its armed forces from all internationally recognized Ukrainian territory. The Baltic states remain fully in solidarity with Ukraine,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent incidents involving Ukrainian drones falling on Baltic territory were also addressed. Officials in Lithuania and Latvia previously confirmed such cases but stressed that they were a direct consequence of Russia\u2019s aggression, not evidence of coordinated operations involving Baltic airspace.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three countries reiterated that these developments should lead to increased international pressure on Moscow, rather than unfounded accusations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have jointly rejected Russian accusations that they allowed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1336963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1345801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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