NATO Members Romania, Latvia Report Russian Drones Entered Their Airspace

Published on September 9, 2024

NATO alliance members Latvia and Romania reported that Russian military drones crossed into their airspace this weekend, risking an escalation in the current Russia-Ukraine war. The Latvian Defense Ministry reported one Russian drone crashed in the Rezekne region of eastern Latvia, near its border with Russia, on Sept. 7. The Romanian Defense Ministry reported fragments of another Russian drone fell near Periprava, situated near Ukraine’s southwestern Black Sea coastline, on Sept. 7. The Romanian military said it suspects Russian forces had deployed the drone as part of an attack on Ukrainian port facilities just across the border. While the drone fragments that fell in Romania may have been part of a Russian attack on southwest Ukraine, it is unclear why a drone may have crashed in Latvia....

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