Later on Thursday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses detected six drones in Latvian airspace at approximately 3:20 a.m Moscow time. The military claimed to have shot down one of the aircraft, identified as a Ukrainian An-196 Liutyi long-range attack drone, after it entered Russian airspace.
Five other drones disappeared from radar near Rezekne around 4:00 a.m., according to the Defense Ministry.
The incident follows a similar episode in late March, when Ukrainian drones entered Latvian and Estonian airspace, with one striking a power plant chimney in Estonia during a large-scale attack on a Russian port in the Leningrad region.
