{"id":1384227,"date":"2026-06-08T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1384227"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:41:34","slug":"finland-must-always-be-ready-to-shoot-down-drones-that-enter-its-airspace-by-mistake-h-kk-nen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/finland-must-always-be-ready-to-shoot-down-drones-that-enter-its-airspace-by-mistake-h-kk-nen\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland must always be ready to shoot down drones that enter its airspace by mistake, \u2014 H\u00e4kk\u00e4nen"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Finland must always be ready to shoot down drones that enter its airspace by mistake, Defense Minister Antti H\u00e4kk\u00e4nen said.<\/p>\n   <p>According to H\u00e4kk\u00e4nen, Russian strategic facilities are located near the Finnish border, and as long as Ukraine continues to strike them, there remains a possibility that some drones could stray into Finnish airspace.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe are primarily preparing for a scenario in which one of the drones from a swarm launched by Ukraine goes off course. If such a drone enters our airspace, it could be safely neutralized using military force,\u201d H\u00e4kk\u00e4nen said, as quoted by ERR.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>He also stressed that Finland must be prepared to ensure that no civilian aircraft are operating in the affected airspace in such situations.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/council-of-europe-assisting-ukraine-in-preparing-next-phase-of-decentralization-reform\/\">Council of Europe Assisting Ukraine in Preparing Next Phase of Decentralization Reform<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finland must always be ready to shoot down drones that enter its &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1384230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,36422],"tags":[76,72924],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1384227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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