Russia & Andris Sprūds

Russia: Russia is accused of deliberately redirecting Ukrainian drones into Baltic airspace using electronic interference and is the target of Ukrainian drone attacks on its Baltic Sea ports. Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service also made unsubstantiated claims about Ukraine preparing attacks from Baltic states.

Andris Sprūds: Andris Sprūds, Latvian Defense Minister, resigned after stray Ukrainian drones entered Latvian airspace, contributing to a political crisis.

Russia: The new Latvian government aims to implement measures to weaken and isolate Russia, continuing the previous government's stance.

Andris Sprūds: Andris Sprūds, the former defense minister, was forced to resign by Evika Siliņa over his handling of stray drones, leading to the collapse of the previous coalition.