NATO Scrambles 4 Jets After Drone Enters Latvia Airspace as Ukraine War Spillover Grows
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Updated · The Independent · Aug 15
NATO Scrambles 4 Jets After Drone Enters Latvia Airspace as Ukraine War Spillover Grows
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Aug 15
Summary
Four NATO fighters were launched Friday after a drone entered Latvian airspace, with two Italian Eurofighters taking off from Lithuania and two Turkish F-16s from Estonia.
The incursion came during Ukrainian attacks on Russian ports and after Russia said it had shot down dozens of drones in the Leningrad region west of St Petersburg.
UN monitors said the wider war is hitting civilians harder: 437 people were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine in July, the highest monthly toll since May 2022.
Long-range missiles and drones caused 38% of July's civilian deaths, with most casualties recorded far from the frontline in urban centers.