Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics wrote on Platform X yesterday that a Russian military drone crashed on his country’s territory and that violations of NATO territory are increasing along its eastern border.

Russian military drone has crashed in the Eastern part of Latvia yesterday. There is an ongoing investigation. We are in close contact with our allies. The number of such incidents is increasing along the Eastern flank of NATO and we must address them collectively.

Defense Minister Andris Spruds said in a statement that the unmanned aerial vehicle had entered Latvian airspace from Belarus and crashed in the municipality of Rezekne.

This situation confirms that they must continue the work they started to strengthen Latvia’s eastern border, mainly by developing air defense and electronic warfare capabilities to limit the activities of unmanned aerial vehicles, the Latvian minister said.

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