The general, as a guest on LTV's evening program, announced that the army will examine whether the current air defense on the eastern border is effective enough. According to Pudans, it is certain that during the last attack on Russian facilities carried out by Ukrainian forces, aircraft flew into Latvian space. three unmanned aerial vehicles.
Two of them fell, but the third one changed course and turned towards Russia. One of the drones damaged an oil storage tank in Reżyca, but the place where the second drone fell has not yet been determined. At the same time, the military does not rule out that there could have been more drones that crossed over Latvia.
Reaction to Russia's actions
Due to another incident with drones in Latvia in recent weeks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the head of the Russian embassy in Riga, handing him a protest note. The Charge d'Affaires was informed that Russia, waging an aggressive war against Ukraine, poses a risk of security incidents in the entire region, said a statement from the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The origin of the drones that fell in the southeast of the country has not yet been confirmed by the authorities. Earlier, at the turn of April and May, since Ukraine has been carrying out intensive attacks on Russian port facilities and terminals, the authorities reported that in those incidents the drones turned out to be Ukrainian drones aimed at targets in Russia, but lost course and ended their flights in Latvia.
During the conference in Reżyca, service representatives informed that until the investigation is completed, every possibility is being considered, including that Ukrainian drones could have been intercepted and used by Russia as a form of provocation.
