By Guoda Pečiulytė, LRT TV, LRT.lt.
In an interview with LRT TV, Finnish President Alexander Stubb talks about drone incidents, Ukraine, NATO and Europe’s nuclear umbrella.
I would like to start with the events we are facing in our region. In early May, several Ukrainian drones entered your country’s airspace. How should our region react or respond to such incidents?
There are probably two answers. The first one is that anytime your airspace is violated and there are active drones flying in it, it’s obviously a serious concern. Every leader – in Lithuania, in Finland – is worried about it. Fortunately, the damage has been limited.
My second observation is that this is part of the collateral damage resulting from Russia’s ongoing aggression. Ukraine has the right to defend itself, and right now, some of the defence is happening in our region, and that is teaching us a few things.
The first one is that we are not necessarily fully prepared for drone activity, not during peacetime [and] wartime. And the second is that we have a lot to learn from the Ukrainians.
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