Latvian defense minister resigns amid leadership turnover on . . . - POLITICO Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds has resigned after Ukrainian drones flew into the country's airspace from Russia last week and hit an oil storage facility, the latest defense leadership change on NATO's eastern flank in recent months The Baltic country's Prime Minister Evika Siliņa said she asked him to step down because it "demonstrated that the political leadership of the defense
Latvian defense minister Sprūds resigns over drone incident Andris Spruds resigned as Latvia’s defense minister on May 10, 2026, shortly after Prime Minister Evika Silina publicly demanded he step down over the country’s response to a Ukrainian drone that struck an oil storage facility in Rezekne three days earlier Silina named Latvian Army Colonel Raivis Melnis, currently serving as the Latvian Defense Ministry’s representative in Ukraine, as
Latvian defence minister resigns following recent drone incursions Latvian defence minister resigns following recent drone incursions that hit oil facilities Latvian Defence Minister Andris Spruds at National Defense Headquarters in Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024
Latvian defence minister resigns - Brussels Signal Latvian defence minister Andris Šprūds has resigned after two Ukrainian drones struck an oil storage facility in the east of the country on May 7, 2026 Šprūds announced his decision at a press conference in Riga on the evening of May 10, hours after Prime Minister Evika Siliņa called on him to step down, saying he had lost both her trust and that of the public “I have resigned because
Latvian defence minister resigns following drone incursions Latvia's defence minister resigned on Sunday, following the recent incursion of two Ukrainian drones into its territory, hitting oil storage facilities Minister Adris Spruds's decision followed a call for his resignation from Latvia's Prime Minister, Evika Silina, who stated on X that he had "lost (her) trust and that of the public"