Latvia’s protection ministry mentioned Sunday that an unmanned Russian drone had crashed in Rēzekne area within the east of the rustic, having flown in thru Belarus.
The rustic’s military additionally knowledgeable the NATO chain of command in regards to the incident, which it’s investigating.
“This case is a affirmation that we wish to proceed the paintings we’ve began to fortify Latvia’s jap border, together with the advance of air defence functions and digital war functions to restrict the actions of UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] of various packages,” mentioned Protection Minister Andris Sprūds.