- European members increase defense spending, tracked by IIISS, shaping the defense trajectory of NATO.
- The unease in Europe regarding the future of the alliance is adding to the broader questions about NATO's viability, highlighted by the role of Germany's Chancellor.
- Ukrainian expertise strengthens NATO defenses in Latvia amid Russian GPS interference causing drone incursions into Baltic airspace.
- Russia targets critical infrastructure in Latvia and uses Ukrainian drones to test NATO's reaction.
Russian drone spies targeted nuclear sites and critical infrastructure in Latvia, leading to air defense scrambles.
1 report, 1 independent
Updated Aug 27
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What happened
Russian drone spies targeted nuclear sites and critical infrastructure in Latvia, leading to air defense scrambles.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Latvia
sovereign state in northeastern Europe
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NATO
intergovernmental military alliance between 32 member states
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