Latvian Defense Minister resigns, following lagging response to drone incursions

Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds resigned on Sunday following several criticized shortcomings in drone detection and lagging mobile alarms after drones entered the country’s airspace in the direction of Russia and hit an oil storage plant. 

The official announced his resignation during a press conference yesterday evening, stating that the decision was made “in order to protect Latvia’s army from divisive political campaigning.” 

The declaration came shortly after Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa convened an extraordinary meeting of the coalition partners on May 10 and called on him to step down while informing them of her decision, her office told Breaking Defense in an email statement

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