Finland's President Alexander Stubb and Lithuania's President (not in picture) give a press conference following their meeting in Vilnius on May 14, 2026.Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images

Finland faces no ‘direct military threat’ despite drone scare, president insists – POLITICO

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President Alexander Stubb said Friday that Finland was "not facing any direct military threat" after a drone entered the country's airspace near Helsinki.

Kari Nisula, chief of operations for the Finnish Defence Forces, later said Finland had received advanced warning through military intelligence channels about approaching drones, but declined to say where the information came from.

Finnish Air Force Hornets were deployed over the capital and the Gulf of Finland after authorities detected a suspected drone in their skies. Residents in the wider Uusimaa region were briefly told to stay indoors.