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Evika Siliņa steps down days after defense minister quit over stray drone incidents on Latvian soil
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Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Siliņa resigned Wednesday, concluding a government coalition collapse triggered by stray Ukrainian drones crashing on Latvian territory.
The crisis began with the resignation of Defense Minister Andris Sprūds over the drone incidents, which raised questions about air defense coordination and NATO airspace management. Siliņa's departure marks an escalation of the political fallout.
The incident underscores tensions within NATO as member states manage consequences of the Ukraine war on their own soil, particularly regarding weapons operations in shared airspace near Russian borders.
Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Siliņa resigned Wednesday after her defense minister quit over Ukrainian drones crashing on Latvian territory, collapsing the government coalition. The incident exposes NATO coordination failures in managing airspace and weapons operations near Russian borders.
If you're tracking Eastern Europe's stability or NATO's cohesion, this signals how the Ukraine war is fracturing allied governments from within—stray weapons incidents are now toppling cabinets. For anyone with business or travel plans in the Baltics, political instability in Latvia could delay governance decisions on defense spending, sanctions coordination, or border security.