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News & Current Events May 7, 2026 at 12:42 PM

Two drones from Russia crash in Latvia, damage oil storage facility

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noir_lord May 7, 2026 +88
Suspected Ukrainian drones and by accident, so tired of headlines not representing the god damn story. It’s war, accidents happen when a shit load of ordnance is flying around near national borders.
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Extension-Toe-7027 May 7, 2026 +7
they probably don't use direct routes into Russia so not to make it easy to shot down so I guess this is what happens. Hope no one got hurt.
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L444ki May 7, 2026 -81
Ukraine burning the goodwill of baltics and finns by flying drones into our airspace and now actually making an attack on Latvian soil. Ukraine should not be flying anywhere near the baltics or finland if they don’t have the skills to not fly into our airspace.
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Extension-Toe-7027 May 7, 2026 +57
The Baltic states stand with Ukraine even if you personally don't, they understand perfectly who is holding the line, and at what cost, stuff like this would be forgotten by dinner time but the Russian threat won't.
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L444ki May 7, 2026 -56
I stand with Ukraine, but if they keep keep flying armed drones into my country without permission I do oppose that. Any country, including Ukraine that attacks Finland will loose my support. The amount of negligence and/or indifference about striking an ally instead of the enemy Ukraine is showing puts the whole region in more danger. Any country that does want to allow Ukraine to strike Russia from their airspace, or allow Ukraine to strike targets inside their borders is free to do so, but atleast here in Finland there has been vote or even a peep about this becoming official policy and as long as it is not any attack on Finnish soil or breach of our airspace should lead into actions that make these attacks/breaches stop. Why is Ukraine attacking the very countries that have the most support for them?
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noir_lord May 7, 2026 +20
> Why is Ukraine attacking the very countries that have the most support for them? They aren't numbnuts, it's a war, accidents happen, there is even a name for it *Fog of War*, there are thousands of drones flying around every day, some are going to go amiss. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_of_war#Military
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L444ki May 7, 2026 -33
If you don’t even know in what country your drones are in maybe you should not be flying any. Russia is big place there is no reason to fly drones so close to baltics/finland. Ukraine could strike the supply chain feeding the Russian oil harbors and have the same outcome with a lot less risk of hitting allies.
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noir_lord May 7, 2026 +25
Done with this conversation, you can’t reason with an idiot.
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Manzhah May 7, 2026 +22
Eh, at least in finland people support ukraine fully and know accidents happen. Zelensky has also personally apologized to our prime minister, and most importantly nobody has gotten hurt thus far.
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L444ki May 7, 2026 -11
So we should wait until someone does get hurt before we tell the Ukranians to stop? I do support Ukraine, but I do not want them flying armed drones into Finland. If they are incapable of controlling the drones they should not be flying them. Simple as that.
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cxmmxc May 7, 2026 +19
Lol. One or two mistakes with no human or material casualties endangers Finns' support for Ukraine, sure. Maybe you'd like Ukraine to stop so they lose an important edge to not getting conquered and then Finland can be next, huh?
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L444ki May 7, 2026 -11
Maybe I just don’t want any country to fly armed drones into our airspace without permission? Next thing we know Russia will also start “loosing” drones into Finland or the baltics and people like you will just go “lol. A mistake or two with no casulties”
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tvtowers May 7, 2026 +10
Have you never heard of EW jamming? Reports are the drone's flightpath was *from* Russia. Why would Ukraine, who is hitting their targets and demonstrating skills you can't begin to appreciate, fly back out of Russia when *that's their destination*?
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L444ki May 7, 2026 -3
Have you heard of not flying drones if you don’t have any control over them or even know in which country they are in? In this situation flying back into russia would be an even bigger issue as that would give russia justification on striking Finland and Baltics since their airspace is begin used to strike russia.
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tvtowers May 7, 2026 +10
Like I said, skills you can't even appreciate given your demonstrated lack of knowledge. EW jamming *changes the flightpath* which would explain why they came from the Russian border - they likely (but without radar tracking I can't say for certain) *never entered Finnish airspace while under control of Ukraine*. Think before you type, it will save your parents from having to apologize on your behalf all the time.
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L444ki May 7, 2026
EW jamming or not, if you cannot control your own weapons and they actually end up begin hijacked by Russia to strike at your allies, maybe don’t fly them at all. Why are Ukranians playing with Baltic/Finnish lives?
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tvtowers May 7, 2026 +8
If an Air Canada plane crashed in Finland, would you be so hysterical about it? Wild you say Canada has no idea how to fly a plane and should not be operating in your space? You should have taken my advice, you're just giving your parents more to apologize for
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L444ki May 7, 2026 +2
Is this air canada plane carrying a warhead and entering the airspace without permission or are you just moving goal posts?
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[deleted] May 7, 2026 +4
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OkExercise9907 May 7, 2026 +5
Lol, good luck fighting Russians by yourself if Ukraine falls. I doubt the US will help
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L444ki May 7, 2026 -1
Russia would not be able to take on nato in a conventional war even if US isolates itself into a regional power by abandoning nato. Looking at recent events it seems like US security guarantee have turned into a liability for most countries after we saw the US attacking Iran from bases in gulf countries and bringing war to the very people they were supposed to defend. Why would you want Ukraine to fall? We want Ukraine to succeed, but also keep their armed drones out of our airspace.
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OkExercise9907 May 7, 2026 +3
You're so naive it's astounding if you think Russia needs a reason to attack Baltic states. And also, NATO will not help with its own forces, if history is any indication
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L444ki May 7, 2026 +1
Nato has been tested one time and it worked. What history are you talking about?
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OkExercise9907 May 7, 2026 +5
Kindly remind me when and how it was tested
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L444ki May 7, 2026 +1
US invoked article 5 after the 9/11 attacks and nato aswered the call. What history are you referring to when you say it nato wont deploy their own troops?
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OkExercise9907 May 7, 2026 +4
:)))) I have a bridge to sell you. Interested?
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Old_Programmer_9683 May 8, 2026 +1
It says from Russia
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noir_lord May 8, 2026 +1
> REZEKNE, Latvia, May 7 (Reuters) - Latvia and Lithuania on Thursday called on NATO to boost air defences in ​their region after two suspected stray Ukrainian drones came over the Russian border and crashed ‌on Latvian soil, one of them exploding at an oil storage facility. Could try reading the first paragraph at least or the whole thing, Reuters is pretty good reporting.
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Elizabeth-WildFox886 May 7, 2026 -5
It was a fanny for sure fire all of a sudden
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JoyboyActual May 7, 2026 +77
Wow what an incredibly misleading headline. I support Ukraine against russia but writing something like this is silly and just exposes media bias.
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ghost_n_the_shell May 7, 2026 +9
I think they bank on folks not actually reading the article.
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askoraappana May 7, 2026 +8
Same happened with the drones that flew into Finland. Reporters jumped the gun and wrote "Russian drones have been shot down in the Kouvola region". This is despite the fact that the drones weren't Russian or shot down. They quickly corrected the error, but it is insanely stupid how they report details that are based on literally nothing.
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Mikinl May 8, 2026 +3
Like everyone else today. I got tired from biases and insanity or even incempetence.
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Much-Farmer-2752 May 7, 2026 -41
>I support Ukraine against russia Because the same biased media told you it is right :)?
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JoyboyActual May 7, 2026 +16
Actually it’s because I have critical reasoning skills, but go off 😂
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The_Artist_Who_Mines May 7, 2026 +6
Even the russian propaganda bots are suffering in quality
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UnknownPh0enix May 7, 2026 +7
You dropped your brain. Better pick it up before it’s too late.
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_Kiith_Manaan_ May 7, 2026 +46
Title: Two drones from Russia crash in Latvia, damage oil storage facility Second line of the article: The drones were probably launched by Ukraine against targets in Russia, Latvia's Defence Minister Andris Spruds told national broadcaster ​LSM.
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HelloSlowly May 7, 2026 +17
I support Ukraine as much as the next person but this is insanely misleading and it’s shameful that Reuters would write it from this angle. The drones were launched from Ukraine by accident. We have enough shit going down in the world, we don’t need more chaos
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woodpaulusgnome May 7, 2026 +6
There was a time when one could trust articles written by Reuters and Associated Press journalists. Click bait headlines appear to be the order of the day.
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Tiklore May 8, 2026 +1
Programming so locked in it sees fuel storage outlines and bee lines I bet. Hopefully Ukraine and Latvia can sort this out 
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Mikinl May 8, 2026 +1
Hahaha two Russian drones, pathetic.
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LA-Aron May 7, 2026
crash? attack?
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Zaeblokian May 7, 2026 -4
Idiots.
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