Overview
- Estonian Police and Border Guard released surveillance video corroborating the crossing, and the Foreign Ministry published a map showing the location.
- The three uniformed Russians disembarked from a hovercraft at the Vasknarva wave-breaker, which straddles the border, and returned to Russia after roughly 20 minutes.
- Interior Minister Igor Taro said the motives were unclear and reported no immediate threat to the population.
- Estonia increased patrols near Narva, summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires in Tallinn, and arranged talks between the countries’ border agencies.
- Officials and analysts describe the incident as part of a broader pattern of low-level probes along the Russia–Estonia frontier.