Latvia issues air raid alert while NATO fighter jets scramble in Lithuania
Photo: Air raid alerts were issued in three regions of Latvia due to a possible aerial threat (Getty Images)
Late in the evening on November 10, an alert was issued in three regions of Latvia due to a possible threat in the airspace. Residents were urged to take cover, and in neighboring Lithuania, NATO fighter jets were scrambled, according to the Latvian National Armed Forces and bb.lv.
At around 11:20 p.m., an orange-level alert—the highest of two levels—was declared in the Ludza region. About 20 minutes later, a yellow-level alert was also declared in the Augšdaugava and Krāslava regions, and the alert level in the Krāslava region was subsequently raised to orange.
Interceptor drone units and air defense units were put on alert.
During an orange alert, residents are urged to remain indoors and follow the two-wall rule. A yellow alert does not require any action from the public.
At around 12:20 a.m., the threat level in all three regions was lowered to yellow, and at 12:40 a.m., the alert was lifted.
Earlier, an air raid alert was also declared in Lithuania. The National Crisis Management Center reported that fighter jets from the NATO airspace protection mission had been scrambled. As reported by bb.lv, Lithuanian authorities also diverted planes that were scheduled to land in Vilnius.
That same night, drones attacked the port of Ust-Luga in Russia's Leningrad region, near the border with the Baltic states. A fire broke out at the port following the strikes.
