Baltic countries not opening airspace for Ukrainian drones, NATO chief says

​Accusations by ​Russia that Baltic ‌countries are ​opening their airspace for Ukrainian ‌drones to attack Russia are "ridiculous", NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on ‌Wednesday. "If drones come from Ukraine, ‌they are not there because Ukraine wanted to send a drone to ⁠Latvia, ​Lithuania ⁠or Estonia. They are there because of ⁠the reckless, illegal full scale attack ​of Russia," Rutte told reporters ⁠in Brussels.

The alliance had shown ⁠a "calm, ​decisive and proportionate response" to the Ukrainian drone that ⁠was downed by a Romanian fighter jet ⁠in ⁠Estonian airspace on Tuesday, he added.