Finland Reopens Helsinki Airport After 3-Hour Drone Alert for 1.8 Million Ends

10 articles · Updated · Reuters · May 15

Helsinki Airport resumed traffic after a three-hour suspension when Finnish authorities said suspected drone activity over the capital region no longer posed a threat.
1.8 million residents in the Uusimaa region had been told to stay indoors as Finland scrambled fighter jets and activated emergency services during the alert.
President Alexander Stubb said the response showed Finland's readiness and that there was no direct military threat, while Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said it was safe to return to work and school.
Baltic states have faced a string of recent airspace violations by Ukrainian drones apparently headed for Russia, though officials did not immediately say whether Friday's incident was similar.
The wider regional strain has become politically costly: Latvia's coalition collapsed on Thursday after divisions over its handling of a recent drone incident.

With conflicting official reports, did a hostile drone actually breach Finnish airspace or was it a massive false alarm?

Are repeated drone incursions Russian tests of NATO's new border or just spillovers from the war in Ukraine?