An Italian fighter jet has shot down a Ukrainian drone that entered Latvian airspace, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže said in a post on X, APA reports.
According to her, on the night of August 13-14, a drone that violated Latvian airspace and was reported to most likely belong to Ukraine was shot down by an Italian fighter jet operating in the region as part of NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission.
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Fighter jets operating under NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a "foreign drone" in Latvian airspace on Friday, according to the country's military, euro news. reports.
In a statement, the Latvian armed forces said the drone had entered Latvia "as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare" and that it was intercepted over the Balvi region in the east of the country.
The military has deployed additional air defence units to Latvia's eastern borders and will continue to monitor its airspace, it said.
"As long as Russia's aggression in Ukraine continues, a recurrence of cases where foreign drones enter or approach Latvian airspace is possible," the military added in its statement.
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