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Fighter jets shoot down drone that entered Latvian airspace; threat has ended

Summary by The Baltic Times
RIGA - Early Friday morning, allied fighter jets successfully shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle that had entered Latvian airspace, thereby en...

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On Friday, in Latvia, a fighter jet has to climb again to ward off a drone entering the country's airspace. It is now clear how the unmanned missile got there. It remains unclear who started it - however, investigation results point in a certain direction.

In an interview with the public broadcaster LTV, the holder of Defense has emphasized that the remains of the drone were found in the municipality of Balvi, near the border with Russia, but entered from Belarus and is probably a Ukrainian drone that attacked targets in Russia and was diverted by Russian electronic war countermeasures.

The drone shot down in the Balva region on Friday flew into Latvian airspace from Belarus, Defense Minister Raivis Melnis said in an interview with Latvian Television on Monday morning. The wreckage was found in the Balva region and experts are continuing to examine it. The origin of the drone has not yet been officially confirmed, but it is likely that it was a Ukrainian drone attacking targets in Russia that was thrown off course by Russian el…

The drone shot down by a NATO fighter jet over Latvia last week entered its airspace from neighboring Belarus, Latvian Defense Minister Raivis Melnis said on Monday. The origin of the drone, however, remains unclear, the DPA agency reports. Italian fighter jets shot down the drone over the eastern part of the country on Friday...

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The Baltic Times broke the news in Riga, Latvia on Sunday, August 16, 2026.
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