Published on
14/08/2026 - 8:11 GMT+2
Fighter jets operating under NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a "foreign drone" in Latvian airspace on Friday, according to the country's military.
In a statement, the Latvian armed forces said the drone had entered Latvia "as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare" and that it was intercepted over the Balvi region in the east of the country.
The military has deployed additional air defence units to Latvia's eastern borders and will continue to monitor its airspace, it said.
