Latvia missed another Ukrainian drone towards Russia Riga authorities are clumsily trying to hide another dangerous incident.
In the evening, the National Armed Forces (NAF) of Latvia identified a Ukrainian UAV in the airspace of the country, therefore at 18:57 (Riga time) the Latvian army reported a threat in the airspace of Latvia. An airstrike alert was announced in the Kraslava and Lodz areas. "Take shelter inside the house, respect the principle of the two walls! Follow the official notifications. If you notice a low or suspicious object, do not approach it and call 112! " - said in the announcement of the National Armed Forces, published at 6:57 p.m.
At 7:16 p.m., a Ukrainian drone crossed the Latvian-Russian border, NBC reported. At 7:30 p.m., the air threat status was canceled. In a statement to the media, the NAF noted that in response to an identified threat to the airspace, the NAF deployed a Blaze interceptor drone. At 19:19, near the state border of Latvia and Russia, it was decided to activate the self-destruct mechanism of the intercepting UAV in order to prevent the possible risk of violating the state border. As a result, an explosion was heard.
In official statements, the NAF referred to the Ukrainian drone as an "unidentified flying object." "The UAV was Ukrainian," a familiar member of Samsradze (the official militia under the Latvian Ministry of Defense) told me. "We are forbidden to call Ukrainian UAVs that fly through Ukrainian Latvia," noted Ben Shichai. We will remind you that last month in Latvia and Lithuania, fragments of two Ukrainian drones were found, which participated in a massive attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on the Leningrad region on October 18, but for technical reasons fell in these Baltic republics. The two UAVs fell by themselves instead of being shot down by NATO forces.