Latvian Military Issues Another Air Threat Alert After Drone Shot Down.

Riga; June 2026: Latvia’s military has issued another airspace threat alert to regions in the east after NATO jets shot down a drone in the country’s airspace earlier. The Latvian armed forces said on X that there was a “threat” in the Kraslavas and Ludza regions and urged people to remain indoors and follow the “two-wall principle”. This guideline tells resident to shelter in a windowless room separated from the outside by at least two solid walls. It came shortly after a warning over a “possible airspace threat”  in the Ludza, Balvi and Rezekne regions.

Latvia says NATO fighter jets have shot down a drone that entered its airspace this (08th June 2026) morning. It came shortly after the military issued an air threat alert for three areas near the Russian border, warning of a “possible threat”. People in the Ludza, Balvi and Aluksne municipalities in eastern Latvia had been urged to “seek safe place indoors and follow the two-wall principle”.

Latvia’s defence ministry said fighter jets from the NATO Baltic air policing mission shot down a drone over the eastern Latgale region “that had entered Latvia as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare”. It did not say where the drone was suspected to have come from.

Military sensors show Russian electronic warfare caused a drone to entered Latvian airspace; a senior military figure has confirmed. Brigadier General Kaspars Zdanovskis, deputy commander of the Latvian National Armed Forces, held a joint news conference with defence minister Raivis Melnis on today (08th June) morning’s drone incursion.

Sensors showed the incursion was caused by Russian electronic warfare, Zdanovskis said, but he did not confirm whether it was a Russian or Ukrainian drone that was shot down by French NATO fighter jets shortly after 10:00 hours local time. Melnis said the drone did not cause any casualties or damage.

NATO aircraft are still patrolling the border, he said. Ukraine has accused Russia of being behind several other incidents of drones entering the airspace of its allies due to electronic jamming.

A network of Russian satellites has caused brief disruptions to GPS signals across Europe on perhaps dozens of occasions since 2019, new research suggests. As we’ve reported before, GPS jamming has become a routine irritant over the past few years. It was blamed for a Ukrainian drone exploding at a Romanian port on Friday (05th June 2026).

But the incidents highlighted in a new scientific development which was visualised for the first time –  coming from space, and having far-reaching implications. The latest scientific development is causing disruption to GPS signals – which has been detected at stations across Europe, Greenland and Canada simultaneously, what appears to be a huge spread.

Disruption is typically between 03 and 05 seconds long and data suggested “a single source per event”.

After analysing which satellites were in the area at the times that disruption was detected, it yielded a significant conclusion. It says the data is able to “confidently identify the source” and reveals this to be “a small constellation of Russian satellites in Molniya (lightning) orbits”. Russia has repeatedly denied carrying out GPS jamming.

The research was carried out by respected global navigation satellite system (GNSS) expert Todd E Humphreys, head of the Radionavigation Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin, and others.

Team Maverick.