Russia warns Latvia against letting Ukraine launch drones, threatens retaliation, drawing sharp US rebuke

Russia's ​ambassador to ​the United Nations, ‌Vasily Nebenzya, ​on Tuesday said Moscow had information that ‌Ukraine planned to launch military drones from Latvia and other Baltic states, ‌warning that membership in NATO ‌would not protect those countries from retaliation.

Nebenzya, speaking during a UN Security Council ⁠meeting ​on security ⁠in Ukraine, claimed Kyiv had already ⁠dispatched Ukrainian drone forces to Latvia.

Latvia's envoy ​to the Security Council, Sanita Pavluta-Deslandes, ⁠immediately rejected the remarks as "pure fiction." Tammy ⁠Bruce, ​the deputy U.S. ambassador to the UN, warned that the ⁠UN was "no place for threats against ⁠a ⁠council member" and said the U.S. would keep all ‌its ‌NATO commitments.