Drone suspected of violating Finnish airspace over Porvoo

A drone was suspected of violating Finnish airspace on the coast of Porvoo on Tuesday, said Ministry of Defence and Finnish Border Guard in separate press releases on Wednesday.

The Border Guard has begun a preliminary investigation into an incident related to a possible territorial violation in the Gulf of Finland.

According to the report, the unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle had been found on the rocks on the shore in the area.

Responding to an alarm from a bystander a Border Guard patrol went to the scene and confirmed the sighting.

The Border Guard immediately began investigating the incident in cooperation with the authorities.

The Border Guard is investigating, among other things, the origin of the unmanned aircraft, its possible flight and/or drifting path, and the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The unmanned aircraft did not pose a danger to bystanders.

Earlier on May 3, two drones were suspected of violating Finnish airspace in Hamina, a municipality in Eastern Finland.

One of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles was detected at Virolahti area at about 3:00 a.m. while the rest one was detected at Ulko-Tammio area in Kymenlaakso region near Russian border.

On April 11, 2026, one drone was suspected territorial violation after it was found at Iitti, a municipality in Southern Finland.

Two drones crashed in Kouvola in southeastern Finland after entering into Finnish airspace in the morning on March 29.

One more Ukrainian drone was found in Finland on March 31, 2026.

The Ukrainian authorities apologised to Finland for the drones’ crashes.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said that the authorities do not completely exclude the possibility that, in addition to the unmanned aerial vehicles already found in Finland, several other such aircraft might have ended up in the country.

The Finnish Defence Forces intensified surveillance measures to ensure territorial integrity when Ukraine carried out attacks against Russian targets in the eastern Gulf of Finland.

On April 7, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and her Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha discussed the recent incidents of drones that have strayed into Finnish territory.