RIGA: Latvia said on Thursday it had detected at least one drone flying in the country’s airspace and that NATO fighter jets were activated to combat the threat, the latest in a series of such security incidents in the Baltic region.
The Latvian Armed Forces later announced that the threat had ended, without providing further detail.
Ukraine has in recent months stepped up its long-range drone attacks on Russia, including in the Baltic Sea area, whereseveral Ukrainian military drones have strayed into the airspace of NATO members Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Kyiv has apologized for incursions and blamed Russian jamming of guidance signals for misdirecting its drones across borders. Moscow says Ukraine is using NATO airspace to provide cover for its attacks on Russia, which Kyiv, NATO and the Baltic states strongly deny.
“As long as Russia’s aggression in Ukraine continues, there is a possibility of repeated incidents where foreign unmanned aerial vehicles enter or approach Latvian airspace,” the Latvian armed forces wrote on social media platform X.
