Overview
- Latvia says drones that crossed its border on Thursday damaged four empty oil tanks in Rēzekne and prompted a criminal case for crimes against the state.
- Latvian radars tracked several UAVs entering from Russia, with two crashing in Latvia and a third transiting the country as NATO jets patrolled the eastern border under strict visual-ID rules.
- Riga summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires to lodge a protest and rejected claims that Latvia allowed attacks on Russia or that launches came from its airspace.
- Ukraine’s foreign minister apologized to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland for drones falling on their soil and said agencies are working to reduce the risk of repeats.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported May 9 saw 7,704 Russian kamikaze drones and 2,021 strikes, highlighting an intense aerial campaign that raises the risk of cross-border spillovers.