Stray drones have destroyed the Latvian coalition.
Some people believe that Ukrainian drones are revolutionary, state of the art craft that will soon be exported worldwide.
The Head of German defense industry giant Rheinmetall, on the other hand, has said that Ukrainian drones are just assembled from Chinese parts ‘like Lego’.
Whatever our take on this subject, the fact is that during combat operations in the five-year war against Russia, Kiev’s drones have often strayed into friendly countries’ territory – so much so, that it caused a major crisis in the Baltic nation of Latvia.
NEW: Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina resigns following Ukrainian drone incident.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) May 15, 2026
🇱🇻 Latvia’s PM Evika Silina resigns with her entire government
This comes after Ukrainian drones crashed in Latvia, amid ongoing economic problems that Riga is facing pic.twitter.com/99LVbjrLGQ
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 14, 2026
BBC reported:
“Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina has resigned following a political crisis over Russia-bound Ukrainian drones straying into Latvian territory. She had fired her Defense Minister Andris Spruds last week after two drones crashed down in eastern Latvia, criticizing his response and appointing a replacement.
In protest, Spruds’s Progressives party pulled their support for Silina’s governing coalition, causing it to collapse months before a planned general election in October. ‘Seeing a strong candidate for the post of defense minister… political windbags have chosen a crisis’, Silina said on Thursday. ‘I am resigning but I am not giving up’.”
🇱🇻🇺🇦 Another one for Zelensky’s curse
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina resigns and dissolves her cabinet after two Ukrainian drones crashed in Latvia
Apparently, people weren’t thrilled that even then, she blamed it all on Russia https://t.co/4feGD4b0ST pic.twitter.com/mVUXFzpbYP
— The Other Side Media (@TheOtherSideRu) May 14, 2026
“The political fallout was triggered by the incursion of three drones into Latvian airspace on 7 May – the second such accident since the start of 2026.
Both Latvia and Ukraine acknowledged that the drones may have been Ukrainian UAVs intended to target Russia whose signals had been jammed, leading them to stray into Latvia. One drone crashed on the ground while another struck an empty oil product storage facility near the town of Rezekne. The third flew in and out of Latvian airspace.”
🇱🇻 Latvian government collapses
Prime Minister Evika Siliņa has resigned from her post, announcing the decision at a press briefing.
In accordance with Latvian law, the entire cabinet of ministers has resigned along with her. pic.twitter.com/hHyWmbq9Rp
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 14, 2026
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