The Armed Forces of Finland have confirmed that this Wednesday an attack took place against a Russian corvette in waters of the Baltic Sea, in a context marked by the investigation opened by a possible incursion of a drone into its airspace.
"We have only been able to confirm that an explosion occurred on a Russian warship in international waters," Markku Viitasaari, a senior official at Finland's Ministry of Defence, told the newspaper 'Helsingin Sanomat'.
According to the authorities, the sensors deployed by Finland in the area detected an impact against the Russian vessel, which was operating in the area escorting vessels linked to the so-called Russian phantom fleet. After the attack, the ship left the area after registering damage that produced a plume of smoke.
For now, Helsinki has not attributed responsibility for the attack, although the incident fits with the military actions that Ukraine has carried out recently in the area. In parallel, its Security Service (SBU) claimed a strike against a Russian Buyan M-class ship through a drone operation.
During the day, the Finnish defence minister, Antti Hakkanen, explained that the country is analyzing a possible violation of its airspace by a drone, coinciding with the intensification of Ukrainian attacks in the region, including those directed against the strategic port of Ust-Luga, near Saint Petersburg.