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Nato fighter jets scrambled as drones from Russia crashed into Latvia oil storage facility

The Independent·Andrius Sytas·26 days ago
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Two drones entered Nato member Latvia from Russian territory and crashed on Thursday morning, the Latvian army has confirmed. Latvia's Defence Minister Andris Spruds told national broadcaster LSM that the drones were "probably launched by Ukraine against targets in Russia." Military jets from the multinational Nato Baltic air policing mission were subsequently summoned to the site. Four empty oil tanks were damaged on Thursday morning at a storage facility in Rezekne, about 40 km (25 miles) from the Russian border. Possible debris of a crashed drone was found at the site, police and firefighters said. The firefighters extinguished a smouldering area of around 30 square metres in one of the tanks. Latvian authorities had issued drone alerts to residents along the Russian border at 4.09am local time (01.09 GMT) on Thursday, asking them to stay indoors.…

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