Nato fighter jets scrambled as drones from Russia crashed into oil storage facility

NewsWorldEuropeNato fighter jets scrambled as drones from Russia crashed into oil storage facilityFirefighters extinguished a smouldering area of around 30 square metres in one of the tanksAndrius Sytas Thursday 07 May 2026 08:49 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2972051","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-lativa-drones-nato-rezekne-b2972051.html","title":"Nato fighter jets scrambled as Russia drones crashed into oil depot"}}Close‘They fear drones may buzz’: Zelensky mocks Russia’s equipment-free May 9 paradeOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"NSC","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Europe"}}Two drones entered Nato member Latvia from Russian territory and crashed on Thursday morning, the Latvian army has confirmed.Latvia's...