Last week, a NATO fighter jet shot down a Russian drone crossing into Latvia for the first time.

Omissions

• The MEP did not specify that the NATO fighter jet was a French Rafale operating under the Baltic Air Policing mission, not a Latvian aircraft.
• The exact ownership and origin of the drone (whether it was a Russian military, state-affiliated, or civilian drone) was not confirmed by Latvian authorities at the time; only that it crossed into Latvian airspace from Russia, reportedly due to Russian electronic warfare interference.

Sources

• SecondaryDeutsche Welle (DW)For the first time, a NATO jet shot down a drone over eastern Latvia. According to the military, the drone entered Latvian airspace from Russia.
• SecondaryReutersA French military Rafale fighter jet shot down a drone that entered NATO member Latvia's airspace from Russia on Monday, the latest in a series of airspace violations in the Baltic region amid the war in Ukraine.
• SecondaryEuronewsLatvia's military and Foreign Affairs Minister said on Monday that French fighter jets had shot down a drone that entered its airspace earlier in the day from Russia.
• SecondaryRFI (Radio France Internationale)The incident is the first confirmed case of NATO aircraft intercepting and destroying a drone over Latvia as part of the Baltic Air Policing mission.