Latvia’s Defence Minister Andris Sprūds later said a Russian drone fell the day before near the town of Rezekne, likely straying from neighbouring Belarus.
Two NATO members said on Sunday that Russian drones violated their airspace, as one reportedly flew into Romania during nighttime attacks on neighbouring Ukraine while another crashed in eastern Latvia the previous day.
“From existing data, the possibility of an impact zone on national territory was identified, in an uninhabited area near the village of Periprava,” the ministry added.Later on Sunday, Latvia’s Defence Minister Andris Sprūds said a Russian drone fell the day before near the town of Rezekne, and had likely strayed into Latvia from neighbouring Belarus.
Mircea Geoană, NATO’s outgoing deputy secretary-general and Romania’s former top diplomat, said on Sunday morning that the military alliance condemned Russia’s violation of Romanian airspace. Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called the incursions “a reminder the aggressive actions of the Russian Federation go beyond Ukraine’s borders”.
Since it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, the Russian military has repeatedly used missiles to smash civilian targets, sometimes killing scores of people in a single attack.
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