Ukrainian-type strike drone crashes in Latvia

Two foreign drones crossed from Russia into Latvian airspace overnight and crashed in the Latgale region in the early hours of May 7, with one striking an oil storage facility in Rezekne and igniting a fire that emergency services extinguished before dawn. Latvia’s State Police confirmed that

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Two foreign drones crossed from Russia into Latvian airspace overnight and crashed in the Latgale region in the early hours of May 7, with one striking an oil storage facility in Rezekne and igniting a fire that emergency services extinguished before dawn. Latvia’s State Police confirmed that operational services at the oil storage facility on […]

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