A new suspected drone has crashed in southeastern Finland, according to Finnish Iltalehti. Police confirm the incident and have cordoned off an area around a lake in the city of Parikkala, multiple reports indicate. Residents in the area are being evacuated due to the drone crash, according to those reports. There is no information about any injuries from the drone crash, and it is unclear what type of drone it is, according to those same reports.
Meanwhile, a fully developed fire is raging in a barn in Eda municipality on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency services are on site and trying to stop any spread to adjacent buildings. According to SOS Alarm, it is a building fire where there may possibly be horses left in the building. There is currently no information about personal injuries from the barn fire in Eda, multiple reports state. At 15:33, the fire was reported to have spread further in the terrain and to a tractor adjacent to the building, according to those reports, a detail confirmed by police. The barn is described as completely engulfed in flames, multiple sources said.
In international news, Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed on Tuesday a ceasefire for attacks on energy infrastructure or a general halt to fighting over Easter, according to reports. Zelenskyy's proposal is now rejected by Vladimir Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, according to those reports.
In a separate criminal case, the 21-year-old man suspected of murdering 18-year-old Ghaith on a bus in Tyresö is being detained, the prosecutor's office said. The man was arrested on Saturday afternoon and requested to be detained on Tuesday, multiple reports indicate. The 21-year-old is suspected on probable grounds and his identity is being kept secret by the court at the request of the prosecutor, according to those reports. The suspected man was convicted in 2023 for, among other things, serious weapons offenses and should still have been in prison, but was released early in May 2025, according to Ekot. The man was supposed to have been released from prison in June 2026, multiple reports state.
On the diplomatic front, Donald Trump awaits a royal visit, as King Charles and Queen Camilla are to visit the US on a state visit, Sky News reports. The visit will take place at the end of April, multiple sources confirm.
It is clear that Kiev desperately needs a ceasefire because the dynamics at the front lines indicate that Russian troops are advancing forward.
In Swedish defense policy, conscripts may in the future need to serve in NATO missions abroad even when the government has not decided on war or readiness service, multiple reports indicate. The government is now appointing an inquiry to analyze the need for Swedish conscripts in NATO's collective deterrence and defense across the entire conflict scale, according to those reports. The inquiry includes peacetime activities such as exercises and, for example, the multinational force, sources said.
A separate major barn fire occurred in Namsos in Trøndelag on Saturday. Police reported that 12 animals were transported to nearby farms and about 30 animals were euthanized after the fire broke out. The police received a report about the fire at 16:34, when there was heavy smoke development from the farm and crews from several fire departments were dispatched, multiple reports indicate. The barn is in two floors where the animals were distributed over both levels, and the fire was discovered by passersby, according to those reports. Most of the animals on the second floor were evacuated, involving around 40 cattle, sources said. The animals in the barn have been exposed to smoke and heat. Veterinarians have now been on site and examined the animals that remained in the operational building. The police reported just after 17:00 that the fire service has started with extinguishing and evacuation of animals.
There are an estimated 80-100 cattle in the barn, of which between 30 and 40 have been evacuated, multiple reports indicate. The fire service has made a hole in the wall on the first floor and is getting animals out there now. The fire is said to have started inside the operational building. Veterinary on-call from Namsos and Steinkjer were dispatched, and fire crews from both Namsos, Namdalseid and Malm assisted in the work, according to reports. Now it has been decided that 30 of the animals that remained in the barn must be emergency slaughtered, multiple sources state. Work is being done in parallel to find out where the animals should be, according to the incident leader. An emergency slaughter vehicle is on its way to the site, reports confirm.
Another significant fire incident was reported in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) are tackling a fire at a large hay shed used to house about 300 sheep in County Down, multiple reports indicate. The NIFRS were called out to the farm on the Cascum Road, Banbridge at 21:03 BST. There are currently five water pumps from Banbridge, Dromore and Lurgan, a water tanker and animal rescue team are also in attendance, and the incident is ongoing, according to those reports. The rescue service is on site with four units, sources said.
The causes of the drone crash in southeastern Finland and the barn fires in Eda, Namsos, and County Down remain unknown, as do the specific measures being taken to prevent similar barn fires in the future. The exact number of horses potentially trapped in the barn fire in Eda and their current status is also unclear, as is the current status of the fire in the hay shed in County Down, including any animal casualties or injuries.