Finland’s Defence Forces have detected a strike on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea.
According to Reuters, despite the incident the security situation in the area remains stable. Estonian media reports say it involved a small vessel of the Russian Navy, which later returned to St Petersburg. It is currently unclear what caused the strike and whether there were any casualties.
The incident comes amid concerns that the war could spread to NATO countries bordering Russia and Belarus, after some Ukrainian drones entered the airspace of Finland and the Baltic region.
On Wednesday, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania warned their citizens to take shelter after drones were detected in their airspace. In response, NATO scrambled fighter jets.