Did Ukraine Intentionally Cause the Spillover of War? Drones "Accidentally" Enter Sovereign Airspace, Latvian PM Resigns
Ukraine seems increasingly restless.
On the 14th, Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, who had previously claimed she would isolate Russia and would not tolerate Ukraine’s defeat, announced her resignation.
However, the immediate trigger for Siliņa’s downfall was not Russia—but Ukraine. Since March this year, multiple Ukrainian drones have flown into Latvian airspace and crashed. Initially, Siliņa replaced Defense Minister Andris Sprūds over "inadequate response," but failed to quell discontent within her party and among the public, ultimately forcing her to resign in self-accountability.
Naturally, what deserves attention is not just the collapse of the Latvian government, but the growing frequency of incidents involving Ukrainian drones crossing NATO airspace—besides Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia, and other countries have also experienced "accidental" incursions by Ukrainian drones, some even causing actual damage. For instance, in March this year, a Ukrainian drone struck a power plant in Estonia.
While Ukraine has acknowledged ownership of the drones, it blames the incident on "Russian electronic jamming," claiming the drones were originally targeting Russian energy facilities but veered off course due to interference and "accidentally" entered NATO member states’ airspace.
Yet this explanation contradicts Ukraine’s previous boasts: just in April, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense proudly claimed its drones could operate effectively under various electronic warfare conditions.
Moreover, considering Ukraine’s recent active efforts to promote its drone technology to multiple countries, one can’t help but suspect whether Kyiv is intentionally creating spillover effects of war to push its own drone defense solutions to NATO.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1865313609075724/
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