Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Estonii / 2025-07-28 / carrying out the act
Estonia identified the vessel as the Russian border guard ship SOCHI 500, confirmed the maritime border violation and lodged a protest.
Estonia / 2025-07-26-ee-1
action by state forces: Estonian territorial sea east of Vaindloo island, Gulf of Finland (2025-07-26)
/ date of the event
What happened
The Russian Svetlyak-class border guard vessel SOCHI 500 entered about half a kilometre into Estonian territorial waters east of Vaindloo island and stayed for some 35 minutes. The Estonian Navy tracked the passage and confirmed the violation. The vessel had not given the required 48 hours' notice. On 28 July the foreign ministry summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires and lodged a protest. Per ERR this was the first violation of Estonia's maritime border by a Russian Federation vessel.
Responsibility and limits of the evidence
officially attributed
A court or a competent state body has attributed it. That is not the same as a proven attack: an indictment is an allegation, not a verdict.
Named party: Russian Federation Border Guard
B - official attribution by a state body
Impact
- killed
- not established
- injured
- not established
- damage
- not established
No casualties reported.
Sources
- Russian border guard vessel violates Estonia's maritime border
ERR News / 2025-07-28 / secondary source
supports: the record, the attribution, that it happened, the date