HELSINKI, March 30 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone that crashed in eastern Finland near the town of Kouvola on Sunday carried an unexploded warhead according to a preliminary assessment, Finnish police said on Monday.
The aircraft was later detonated in a controlled manner by Finnish authorities, police said.
“The UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that came down north of Kouvola was found, in a preliminary assessment by the authorities, to have an unexploded warhead attached,” it said in a statement.
(Reporting by Anne Kauranen in Helsinki, editing by Stine Jacobsen)
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