At a briefing, representatives of the Latvian National Armed Forces stated that the drone, recovered in Latvia on 7 September amidst another attack on Ukraine, was a Russian Shahed-type drone equipped with explosives.
As reported by LSM.lv, Lieutenant General Leonīds Kalniņš, the Commander of Latvian National Armed Forces, reported that a Shahed drone, which Russia deploys to strike Ukraine, crashed in the country’s east. The drone had flown in from Belarus.
Colonel Viesturs Masiulis, Commander of the Latvian Air Force, stated that the drone was outfitted with an explosive device, which was destroyed on the ground after it landed.
According to Kalniņš, study and observation of the situation revealed that the drone attack was not intended against Latvia. An inquiry is underway to determine the circumstances behind the drone’s fall, including whether it was damaged or fell by itself.
The Latvian army commander also stated that the Latvian side had recorded the arrival of the drone, but did not elaborate on the decisions made in this regard.
On 8 September, Latvia’s president Edgars Rinkēvičs announced that on Saturday, a Russian military drone crashed in the country. The army stated that the UAV flew into Latvian airspace from Belarus and was quickly recognised.
The North Atlantic Alliance reported that it had no information suggesting that the crash of the Russian drone in Latvia was intentional.
https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2024/09/9/7193818
“According to Kalniņš, study and observation of the situation revealed that the drone attack was not intended against Latvia.”
It would interesting to know which country it was intended against. Latvia is to the NE of Belarus. The closest distance is 500km from Latvia to the Ukrainian border. It appears the disease affecting the spine has spread into the Baltics. Cut the fucking BS and just say we have been ordered from NATO not to destroy drones that are deliberately targetting our countries.
This cowardice is indeed a disease, and it affects only the West. I never thought that wokeness would remove spines and balls, but I guess it does.
Latvia? They don’t realize we go down in 5 minutes They think NATO will help them. Morons
This reminds me of when the spaghetti spines told Ukraine not to shell ruZZia’s oil and gas depots because prices would increase. They didn’t. Same thing when Trump was criticized for shutting down NS2, the detractors were saying Europeans were going to freeze to death because prices would be too high. They weren’t.
Just as the invasion of Georgia led to the invasion of Crimea, then the Donbas and later all of Ukraine, this incident will lead to something else because we are not fighting back as a civilization, we are leaving it all up to Ukraine.