Overview
- Latvia reported several drone crashes in the eastern municipalities of Rēzekne, Balvi and Ludza, including one that briefly set an oil storage site on fire.
- The foreign ministry said the aircraft entered from Russian airspace and delivered a formal protest to the Russian chargé d’affaires.
- Moscow alleged Ukraine used Latvian airspace to attack St. Petersburg, a claim Latvia publicly rejected.
- Latvia’s defense minister said the drones were likely Ukrainian and heading toward Russian targets.
- Riga said Russia’s war is driving spillover risks across the region and condemned public threats to strike Kyiv and foreign embassies.