{"id":540269,"date":"2026-05-08T10:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=540269"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:04:26","slug":"latvian-defense-minister-ready-to-resign-after-drone-incursion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/latvian-defense-minister-ready-to-resign-after-drone-incursion","title":{"rendered":"Latvian Defense Minister Ready to Resign After Drone Incursion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Latvian Defense Minister <b>Andris Spruds<\/b> said he takes responsibility for the incident involving drones entering Latvian airspace from Russia. He said he is prepared to resign if the Saeima makes such a decision. Opposition parties have already called for his resignation.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThe drones should have been shot down \u2014 this is, first and foremost, the responsibility of the armed forces commander and mine as the political leader. I take full responsibility. Therefore, I respect the opposition\u2019s proposal and will also respect the Saeima\u2019s decision in this situation,\u201d<\/i> he <a href=\"https:\/\/rus.lsm.lv\/statja\/novosti\/politika\/08.05.2026-beru-na-sebya-otvetstvennost-za-to-cto-drony-ne-byli-sbity-budu-uvazat-resenie-seima-o-moei-otstavke-spruds.a646198\/\">said<\/a> on Latvian television.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, drones entered Latvian airspace from the direction of Russia. Two of them crashed, including one that fell on the territory of an oil depot in Rezekne, damaging empty fuel tanks.<\/p>\n<p>According to Spruds, the main theory remains that the drones originated from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThey are striking legitimate targets on the territory of the aggressor state, but the investigation and communication with the Ukrainian side are still ongoing. Clear conclusions will be available after the investigation is completed,\u201d<\/i> the minister added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds said he takes responsibility for the incident involving drones entering Latvian airspace from Russia. He said he is prepared to resign if the Saeima makes such a decision. Opposition parties have already called for his resignation. \u201cThe drones should have been shot down \u2014 this is, first and foremost, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":540268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69fda71dbab30.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Latvian Defense Minister Ready to Resign After Drone Incursion"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284],"tags":[143171],"class_list":["post-540269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-latvija"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}