Latvia's military on Thursday reported at least one drone flying in the country's airspace, saying that NATO aircraft were activated to combat the apparent threat.
An alert issued to people in Latvia was lifted hours after being issued, but it was the latest of a series of such incidents in the Baltic, and came less than a month after a drone incursion that ultimately led to the collapse of Latvia's coalition government.
What did Latvia's armed forces say about the incursion?
"We confirm that there is at least one unmanned aircraft in Lativan airspace," the Latvian Armed Forces wrote online. It advised people to seek shelter indoors and close windows and doors, saying that additional units had been deployed on the eastern border to Russia.
"As long as Russia's aggression in Ukraine continues, recurrences of such incidences — where a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle enters or approaches Latvia's airspace — are possible," they said. What to make of Ukrainian drones in NATO airspaceTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
