# NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia

https://mins.news/en/item/21959

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-14 08:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-latvia-2/

> NATO fighter jets on Baltic Air Policing duty shot down a foreign drone over Latvia’s eastern Balvi region on Aug. 14, the Latvian military said. It attributed the incursion to Russian electronic warfare and warned that similar incidents could recur while Russia’s aggression in Ukraine continues.

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