Latvia’s military said a drone had entered the country from Russia before crashing in the eastern Krāslava district near the borders with Russia and Belarus, the country’s public broadcaster reported on Wednesday.
Early warning systems detected a sound resembling an explosion in Krāslava Municipality, LSM said citing a Defence Ministry statement.
No injuries have been reported, the incident is being investigated.
The news followed an earlier incident in Lithuania when a drone crashed in the Varėna district near the country’s border with Belarus.
Authorities later confirmed it was a Ukrainian drone that veered off course during strikes against Russian targets.
Drone from Russia crashes in Estonia
A drone also entered Estonian airspace from Russia and crashed into infrastructure in northeastern Estonia early Wednesday, authorities said, with no injuries reported and no significant damage to the country’s power system.
According to Estonian officials and energy company Enefit Power, the drone struck a structure at a power facility, with initial assessments indicating minimal impact.
The Estonian Internal Security Service said the drone hit a chimney at the Auvere power plant at 03:43. Rescue services, including bomb disposal units, were dispatched to the scene. The Estonian Prosecutor General’s Office has launched a legal process, while a separate investigation is underway.
Prosecutor General Astrid Asi said available information suggests the drone was not intentionally directed at Estonia.
The incident comes amid reports that Ukraine carried out overnight drone strikes on Russia’s Ust-Luga port in the Leningrad region. Estonian officials said the object that crashed in Auvere was likely linked to the broader consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine rather than a deliberate attempt to target Estonia.
Justice Minister Liisa-Ly Pakosta told public broadcaster ERR that the government would convene an extraordinary meeting later Wednesday to discuss the security incident.
In a statement, Enefit Power said preliminary findings show no significant damage to the facility and no meaningful disruption to Estonia’s electricity system.
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said on Wednesday that Russia’s war in Ukraine is behind a series of drone crashes across the Baltic states over the past two days.
“It is all because of Russia’s war – the war provoked by the aggressor Russia has brought us to this point where drones have fallen in the territories of the three Baltic states within 48 hours. It is clear that air defence is a challenge not only in Lithuania but across all of NATO,” Kaunas said in a statement.
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