By region
- Krāslava Municipality - 4 incidents
- Augšdaugava Municipality - 4 incidents
- Rēzekne City and Municipality - 3 incidents
All 13 incidents, newest first
- 🇱🇻 · Oct 4, 2026 · Latvia-Belarus border
Latvia-Belarus border, Oct 5, 2026 - armed escorts, cameras taken
On August 27 Latvia's Border Guard chief said Belarusian border guards must have known about the two Latvian tunnels; 40 days later, on October 6, he said the armed escorts may be organised crime rather than Belarusian state agents. - 🇱🇻 · Sep 21, 2026 · Latvia-Belarus border
Latvia-Belarus border night disrupts flights, no intercept
A NATO jet scramble to the Latvia-Belarus border coincided with a 3-hour Vilnius Airport closure on 22 Sep 2026 that hit 17 flights and roughly 3,182 passengers; nothing was ever intercepted. - 🇱🇻 · Aug 31, 2026 · Aluksne Municipality
Latvia and Estonia drone alerts, 1 Sep 2026 - NATO jets scrambled
Overnight drone alerts across Latvia's Aluksne municipality and eight Estonian counties on 1 Sep 2026 prompted NATO to scramble Turkish F-16s from Amari; no drone was confirmed downed. - 🇱🇻 · Aug 30, 2026 · Demene Parish
Demene drone, 30 Aug 2026 - 15,000 cigarettes seized
Latvian border guards found a drone carrying 15,000 smuggled cigarettes in Demene parish, Augšdaugava Municipality, on August 30, 2026. - 🇱🇻 · Aug 14, 2026 · Balvi region
NATO jets shoot down drone over Balvi - Latvia's second intercept
On August 14, 2026, NATO jets shot down a foreign drone over Latvia's Balvi region after Russian electronic warfare diverted it into NATO airspace - Latvia's second aerial intercept in two months. - 🇱🇻 · Aug 10, 2026 · Silene
Skrudaliena tunnel, 10 Aug 2026 - Latvia's first
A tunnel dug from Belarus surfaced near Silene, Latvia, on August 10, 2026, the first found on this border; 15 people who crossed it were returned to Belarus. - 🇱🇻 · Jun 8, 2026 · Nautrēni Parish
French jets shoot down drone over Nautrēni, Latvia's first
On June 8, 2026, NATO jets shot down a foreign drone over Nautrēni Parish, Rēzekne Municipality - the first confirmed aerial intercept of a drone entering Latvian airspace from abroad. - 🇱🇻 · May 23, 2026 · Dridža Lake
Drone explodes on impact with Dridža Lake, Latvia
An unidentified drone crashed into Dridža Lake in Krāslava Municipality, Latvia, on May 23, 2026 and exploded on impact; no injuries were reported, and no detection alert was issued beforehand. - 🇱🇻 · May 21, 2026 · Latgale region
Two drone signatures vanish over Krāslava and Rēzekne, Latvia
A drone air-threat alert covered Krāslava, Rēzekne, Ludza, and Augšdaugava on May 21, 2026; a drone was detected but not recovered, two days after the five-county shelter of 19 May. - 🇱🇻 · May 19, 2026 · Latgale region
Drones trigger five-county shelter alert in eastern Latvia
A drone entering from the direction of Russia triggered shelter-in-place orders across Latgale and Vidzeme on May 19, 2026, suspending train services across the affected zone. - 🇱🇻 · May 7, 2026 · Rēzekne and the Viļāni area
Drones strike Rēzekne oil depot, trigger Latvia political crisis
Two drones struck the Rēzekne oil-storage facility in Latvia on May 7, 2026, damaging four fuel tanks and triggering the resignations of the defence minister and prime minister. - 🇱🇻 · Mar 25, 2026 · Dobročina
Ukrainian drone crashes in Dobročina, Krāslava, Latvia
A Ukrainian military drone crossed into Latvia from Russia and detonated near Dobročina village, Krāslava municipality, in the early hours of March 25, 2026. Radar and acoustic sensors tracked it. - 🇱🇻 · Nov 23, 2025 · Latgale region
Seven smuggling balloons recovered across Latgale, Latvia
NBS radar tracked seven to eight Belarusian smuggling balloons crossing into Latgale on the night of November 23–24, 2025, carrying more than 720,000 cigarettes.
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