{"id":188821,"date":"2026-05-23T15:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188821\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:40:12","slug":"drone-reportedly-explodes-in-latvia-near-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188821\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone reportedly explodes in Latvia near Belarus border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dridzhia_ozero_kraslava_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dridzhia_ozero_kraslava_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dridzhia_ozero_kraslava_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dridzhia_ozero_kraslava_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dridzhia_ozero_kraslava_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dridzhia_ozero_kraslava_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Lake Dr\u012bdzis \n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(visitkraslava.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 23, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>An unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into Lake Dr\u012bdzis in Latvia\u2019s Kr\u0101slava Municipality and detonated on hitting the water surface, locals reported to Latvian police on the morning of May 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The municipality borders on Belarus\u2019 Bras\u0142a\u016d district in the Viciebsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police have found debris at the scene of what appears to be an unmanned aerial vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvian air defenses failed to detect the drone, according to the Latvian media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air raid alert was activated in neighboring Lithuania on May 20 and 21 in response to drones approaching from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/telebashnia_vilnius_flag_litvy_pozirk_1128x752.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Air raid alert in Lithuania as NATO jets respond to another drone incursion<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 21, Pozirk. Lithuanian authorities have declared a red-level alert in the Utena district and the city of Visaginas in the northern part of the country due to a drone threat, Delfi reports, citing the National Crisis Management Center. NATO &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/188493\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 23, Pozirk. An unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into Lake Dr\u012bdzis in Latvia\u2019s Kr\u0101slava Municipality and detonated on hitting the water surface, locals reported to Latvian police on the morning of May 23. The municipality borders on Belarus\u2019 Bras\u0142a\u016d district in the Viciebsk region. Police have found debris at the scene of what appears to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":188803,"template":"","rubric":[30,15],"class_list":["post-188821","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drone reportedly explodes in Latvia near Belarus border | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 23, Pozirk. 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