Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near Helsinki, in the early hours of Friday.
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Send a tip to our reporters Site feedback: Take our Survey New Window Facebook X LinkedIn Email Link Gift By Kirsi Heikel May 15, 2026 at 6:47 AM UTC Bookmark Save Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near Helsinki, in the early hours of Friday.
Flights were disrupted at the country’s biggest airport, Helsinki-Vantaa, and about 1.8 million residents of southern Finland were told to remain indoors after overnight Ukrainian strikes on Russia near Finland prompted concern that unmanned aircraft had strayed into the country.
