Reuters. Two drones crossed into Latvia's airspace, one from Russia and the second from Belarus, Latvian authorities said on Wednesday (March 25).
One object was detected at approximately 2:19 a.m. local time (0019 GMT) before disappearing from sensors and detonating about 20 minutes later, scattering debris across a wide area, Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff Egils Lescinskis said during a press briefing.
"At approximately 2:19 a.m., our sensors detected a flying object approaching Latvian airspace from the Russian side," Lescinskis noted.
Air defence units were activated but had not yet reached the scene when the explosion occurred.
Earlier the same night, Latvian authorities activated anti-aircraft defence systems at 12:51 a.m. local time (2251 GMT) after detecting another drone entering from Belarus.
According to Lescinskis, the drone flew along the Latvian-Belarusian border before entering the Russian airspace
Another drone flew into Estonian airspace from Russia early on Wednesday morning and slammed into a chimney at a local power station, the Baltic country's Internal Security Service told public broadcaster ERR.
All the incidents occurred at about the same time as a Ukrainian drone attack that set fire to oil facilities at Russia's Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, a major petroleum export hub about 25 km (15 miles) from the border with Estonia.
