NATO jets have shot down another drone which spilled over into Baltic territory from the Ukraine war, Latvia's defense ministry announced Friday.
The fresh incident happened over eastern Latvian airspace on Friday. NATO "fighter jets have successfully shot down a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle that had entered Latvia as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare," the ministry stated on X.
via AFP"The drone was destroyed over the Balvi region by aircraft taking part in NATO’s Baltic Air patrol mission," CNBC wrote based on the military statement. Further, "Latvia said airspace alerts were issued across several eastern and southern regions and lifted at 4:50 a.m. local time."
It was only described as "a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle" that had "flown into Latvia as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare," the translated statement said.
The reference suggests that Russian forces may have jammed and/or taken control of a Ukrainian drone, and sent it across the border. Just measures have become common for intercepting UAVs on the Ukrainian battlefield.
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs hailed the military's swift response on X, saying, "This is a confirmation that Latvian airspace is protected," and added: "At the same time, such incidents remind us that we must continue to strengthen the surveillance and anti-drone capabilities of Latvia’s eastern border in order to be able to detect, identify and neutralize any potential threat as quickly as possible."
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