NATO aircraft intercepted a drone in Latvian airspace on 14 August, according to Latvian authorities and the alliance. The episode underlines eastern-flank air-defence pressures, while key questions about the aircraft remain unresolved.
Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones in the early hours of Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens — the second assault on the capital in a week and the last before NATO's 32 leaders meet in Ankara on 7-8 July. The attack sharpens a summit agenda dominated by air defence, a 5% spending pledge and the transatlantic dynamic with Washington — decisions that reach every European capital, Luxembourg included.