Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds resigned after Ukrainian drones — reportedly diverted by Russian electronic warfare while targeting sites inside Russia — crashed into an empty fuel storage facility in Rēzekne on the night of May 7. The drones went undetected by acoustic systems, weren't shot down, and public alerts came roughly an hour late, prompting opposition demands for his resignation. PM Evika Siliņa called the handling "unsatisfactory" and has proposed Colonel Raivis Melnis as the new defense minister.