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Latvian Army Warns Mobile Phones About Foreign Drones

This is being done to better prepare the population for future drone overflights

Май 23, 2026 05:44 57

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From today, the Latvian Army is introducing a new two-level mobile phone warning system ("Yellow" and "Orange" codes).

This is being done to better prepare the population for future drone overflights.

Latvia and neighboring Baltic states explain the increasing number of cases of Ukrainian drones sent to attack oil refineries in Northwestern Russia by being jammed and diverted from their course by Russian electronic warfare systems.

On May 21, when an unidentified drone entered from Belarus in the direction of Kraslava. This necessitated the scramble of NATO fighter jets and the activation of an air alert for citizens in the eastern regions.

The national armed forces announced on May 22 that the aircraft had disappeared from radars - either having left the country or having crashed in a deserted area. New early warning system: