Latvia Denies Claims It’s Allowing Its Airspace to Be Used to Attack Russia With Ukrainian Drones

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics called the statements form Moscow ‘lies’ in a post on X.

A serviceman controls a drone in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on Dec. 4, 2025. Evgeniy Maloletka, AP

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics on May 19 dismissed Russia’s accusation that his country was allowing Ukraine to prepare drone launches from its territory.

“Russia is lying by claiming that Latvia allows any country to use Latvian airspace and territory to strike Russia or any other country,” he wrote in a post on X.