How Stray Ukrainian Drones Pushed Latvia's Prime Minister to Resign
The coalition collapse leaves Latvia with 41 seats in parliament and sets up a confidence vote five months before legislative elections.
- Prime Minister Evika Silina resigned on Friday following a coalition collapse triggered by the handling of stray Ukrainian drone intrusions into Latvian territory.
- Silina sacked Defense Minister Andris Spruds on Sunday, prompting the left-wing Progressive party to withdraw from her coalition and leaving her government with just 41 seats in the 100-seat parliament.
- Stray Ukrainian drones, diverted by Russian electronic warfare, crashed in Latvia on May 7, exposing air defense weaknesses; Agriculture Minister Armands Krauze was briefly detained Thursday amid anti-corruption inquiries.
- Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics will meet parliamentary parties on Friday to discuss forming a new government, while opposition parties threaten a vote of confidence five months before legislative elections.
- Following discussions in Bucharest on Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to send experts to help Latvia build a "multi-layered air defence system" against future threats.
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