Russia Denies Estonia's Fire Allegations

Peskov called Russia's accusations of arson at a factory in Estonia baseless.

Consensus

Russia denied involvement in the fire at the Milrem Robotics factory in Tallinn.
The fire occurred on the night of August 14 to 15 in Tallinn.
Milrem Robotics is a company that produces unmanned ground vehicles for Ukraine.
Estonia accused Russia of orchestrating the fire as a sabotage act.
Estonia's Foreign Minister stated that the perpetrators were arrested and that the incident was a sabotage operation ordered by Russian intelligence.
The Russian presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, called the allegations baseless, unfounded, and lacking any argumentation.
Peskov stated that Russia cannot and will not take such claims seriously.
Estonia plans to summon a Russian diplomatic representative in response.

A fire occurred at a drone manufacturing plant in Poland in late August, which was extinguished within two hours with no casualties. — vm
A drone with approximately 800 grams of explosives was found in the security zone of Leipzig Airport on August 5, which Germany attributed to Russia. — m24
Three suspects were detained in Latvia in mid-September and handed over to Estonia. — kommerant
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Marat Khayretdinov, stated that NATO intelligence found no evidence of Russian involvement in the Leipzig drone incident. — vedomosti
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt labeled the Leipzig incident a hybrid attack and did not rule out its repetition. — m24
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Estonian defense minister's statement about a preemptive strike on Russia 'political clownery'. — vedomosti