Reports of an alleged incident follow US envoys’ meetings with the Russian and Ukrainian presidents. By news agencies and Reuters Published on November 13, 2026 November 13, 2026 Finland’s military says its forces have detected a rare attack on a Russian navy ship in the Baltic Sea as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised mediation efforts led by US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. The military said in an email to Reuters news agency that its forces “detected… an attack on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland area and have monitored the development of the situation,” adding that Finland is not under “any immediate military threat.” Strike. Estonia shares a narrow arm of the Baltic Sea with Finland. Local media reported that the ship was a small Russian navy ship that had returned to St. Petersburg after the alleged attack. Ukraine’s Security Service has said it carried out the attack, according to Finnish broadcaster Yle. In recent days, Russia said it had intercepted at least 146 Ukrainian drones in the northwestern Leningrad region. On Wednesday, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had issued warnings to citizens to take shelter due to drones in their airspace, and NATO fighter jets were deployed in response. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US envoys Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, right, address the media after their meeting at Casement Airfield. in Baldonnel, west Dublin, on Thursday [Paul Faith/AFP]Shuttle diplomacyOn Thursday, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ireland. America’s shuttle diplomacy followed trilateral negotiations in the United Arab Emirates this week, which produced no major breakthroughs apart from an agreement to exchange a large number of prisoners. Russia’s state news agency TASS reported that the prisoner exchange should take place in two to three weeks. If it comes to fruition, it would be the last in a long list of exchanges of this type. “We are also working toward what would be the largest prisoner exchange of the war, potentially reuniting thousands of people with their families,” Kushner said on X on Thursday, after their meetings.
