Overview
- Evika Silina said she would step down after losing her majority when the Progressives pulled their support.
- The split followed her removal of Defense Minister Andris Spruds over what she called a slow response to stray Ukrainian drones entering Latvia from Russia.
- Silina took the defense post on an interim basis and accused rivals of choosing crisis over filling the role.
- President Edgar Rinkevics will meet all parliamentary parties to seek a nominee for prime minister, with national elections scheduled for October.
- Recent drone incursions included a crash at a Latvian fuel depot, and Ukraine’s foreign minister said Russian electronic warfare diverted some drones by scrambling their navigation.