“Follow the two-wall rule!” defense authorities urged the Latvian population. This means that you should have two walls between you and any flying threats.
About an hour later, authorities said “the threat is over.” At that time, a drone that had entered the country’s airspace had been shot down. According to media reports, the drone came from the Russian side of the border.
Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze said the planes sent up were French. "Thanks to our French allies!" she wrote on X, she writes.
Several times during the war in Ukraine, either Russian or Ukrainian combat drones have flown over the Baltic states and Finland.
