Overview
- Unidentified drones flew roughly 40 miles into Latvia, with one crashing into an oil depot in Rēzekne and damaging four empty tanks.
- NATO scrambled fighter jets under the Baltic Air Policing mission, which deploys allied aircraft to guard Baltic airspace.
- Authorities sent mobile alerts urging residents in the Latgale region to stay indoors, and schools in Rēzekne and Ludza closed or moved online.
- Defence Minister Andris Sprūds traveled to Rēzekne and said the situation was complex and the threat continued.
- Officials are probing whether the flights were a Russian provocation or stray Ukrainian drones diverted by electronic warfare, a judgment that could shape NATO’s next steps in the region.