French jet on NATO mission shoots down drone in Latvian airspace
A French Rafale jet shot it down after Latvia said the drone entered from Russia because of electronic warfare, and no one was hurt.
- On Monday, a French Rafale fighter jet on a NATO mission shot down a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace near the village of Berzgale, the Latvian National Armed Forces confirmed.
- Latvia's military stated the unmanned aerial vehicle crossed into its territory as a result of Russian electronic warfare, a pattern Ukraine blamed on electromagnetic interference disrupting drone navigation during the ongoing war.
- Mobile air-threat alerts reached residents in eastern municipalities including Ludza and Rēzekne, with the NBS urging them to follow the 'two-wall principle'—moving to rooms with two solid walls between themselves and outside.
- Following the operation, Foreign Minister Baiba Braze praised the action on X: "Thank you, our French Allies, for taking down the drone that flew into Latvian airspace!" Authorities lifted air-raid warnings by 10:30 am.
- European leaders are developing a border-wide 'drone wall' to detect and intercept airspace violations, while NATO officials deploy the Eastern Sentry program to deter further regional threats amid escalating drone incidents.
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