NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia
Fighter jets operating as part of NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace on Aug. 14, according to the Latvian military. The "foreign unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)" entered Latvian airspace as a result of "Russian electromagnetic warfare," the military said in a statement. The description suggested that the drone may have been a Ukrainian strike drone…
On August 14, NATO fighter jets operating as part of the Baltic Air Policing mission intercepted and shot down a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that had entered Latvian airspace. According to the Latvian military, the UAV entered the country's airspace due to Russian electromagnetic warfare, potentially diverting a Ukrainian strike drone off course.
The drone was intercepted over the Balvi region in eastern Latvia. The military stated that as long as Russia's aggression in Ukraine persists, similar incidents involving foreign drones entering or approaching Latvian airspace may occur again. Ukrainian drones have frequently been diverted off course by Russian electronic warfare, heightening tensions between Ukraine and its staunchest allies.
In May 2023, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo expressed concern after two suspected Ukrainian drones briefly entered Finnish airspace near the Russo-Finnish border during a Ukrainian drone strike on targets in Leningrad Oblast, describing such incidents as "unacceptable." In May 2023, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Russia of deliberately redirecting Ukrainian drones into neighboring countries, offering to dispatch Ukrainian anti-drone specialists to help defend against such occurrences.
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