Finland detects strike on Russian warship in Baltic Sea

Finland's military reported detecting a strike on a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, confirming the incident but stating the regional security situation remains stable and posing no immediate threat to Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces monitored the event in the Gulf of Finland but declined to provide details on the strike's cause, location, or timing, with casualties unconfirmed. Estonian media identified the vessel as a small Russian navy ship that later returned to St Petersburg. The incident follows Ukrainian drone waves targeting Russia's Leningrad region, including the port of Ust-Luga. Some drones have entered Finnish and Baltic airspace, prompting Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to issue shelter warnings and NATO to scramble warplanes.