The debris was found around 3 p.m. Monday by a local farmer, who contacted emergency services after spotting scattered wreckage and a crater consistent with an explosion. <br><br> ISS Director General Margo Palloson told a press conference on Tuesday: “Based on very preliminary data, we estimate that the drone came down... in the early hours of Sunday, around 4 to 5 a.m. <br><br> “It was a Ukrainian drone aimed at Russian targets. There is nothing to indicate that it was a Russian drone.” <br><br> He added that the machine may have entered Estonia from either Russian or Latvian airspace after being diverted off course. <br><br> “Where the drone came from is still being investigated,” Palloson said, adding that it likely strayed off course due to intentional signal disruption by Russian forces. <br><br> Colonel Ants Kiviselg, head of the Defense Forces’ Intelligence Center, said that jamming is part of Russia’s effort to shield strategic infrastructure and is not aimed specifically at Estonia or NATO members. <br><br> He emphasized that Estonia’s national security threat level remains unchanged. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Local resident: I heard something fly over the house and then an explosion<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Estonia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Estonia</a> <a href="https://t.co/UWN2y1pLQB">https://t.co/UWN2y1pLQB</a></p>— ERR News (@errnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/errnews/status/1960268967697596457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur linked the incident directly to the ongoing war in Ukraine. “Drone parts ended up in Estonia because Russia continues its aggression, and Ukraine continues to defend itself,” he said. Pevkur added that he had discussed the matter with Ukraine’s defense minister. <br><br> <h2>Electronic warfare</h2><br> Estonia’s Prime Minister Kristen Michal posted on X: “Russia has long used GPS jamming and other EW [electronic warfare] tactics to disrupt regional air and sea traffic. <br><br> “Estonia will respond by building layered air defence, including a drone wall.” <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A drone wreck with signs of explosion was found in Southern Estonia yesterday. No injuries reported. <br><br>Russia has long used GPS jamming and other EW tactics to disrupt regional air and sea traffic. <br><br>Estonia will respond by building layered air defence, including a drone wall.</p>— Kristen Michal (@KristenMichalPM) <a href="https://twitter.com/KristenMichalPM/status/1960240498444025936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> The crash occurred just hours after Ukraine launched drone attacks against Russian targets in the Leningrad region, including the Port of Ust-Luga, near the Estonian border. <br><br> Estonian border guards also tracked a separate drone crash on the Russian side of Lake Peipus early on Sunday. <br><br> While drones from Belarus have breached Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish airspace in recent months, this marks the first recorded incident of a military drone entering Estonian territory.