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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Italian NATO fighter jet shoots down drone in Latvian airspace

Rugaji, Latvia: An Italian fighter jet, part of a NATO mission, shot down a drone of unknown origin ​that entered the airspace of NATO and ​EU member Latvia on Friday during Ukrainian attacks on Russian ports, the defence pact ​and Latvian authorities said.

Latvian soldiers were searching for debris from the drone around midday in a wooded area near the village of Rugaji - around 35 km (22 miles) from the Baltic nation's border with Russia - which was identified as a potential crash site.

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