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When stray drones start to topple governments
Posted: | Opinion
Two reports from 28 and 29 May 2026 show how drone incursions from the war in Ukraine reached into the politics and daily life of NATO neighbours.
What did stray drones do to Europe's border states?
Posted: | Opinion
A retrospective on the 30 May 2026 fallout from airspace violations linked to the war in Ukraine, in Romania and Latvia.
Latvia's new government after the drone dispute
Posted: | Politics
A look back at how a row over suspected drones in Latvian airspace ended one coalition and produced another.
What happened on 27 May 2026 in Ukraine's war politics
Posted: | Politics
A look back at two statements from the days before 27 May 2026: a disputed account of a drone strike in Starobilsk and a Belarusian pledge to stay out of the war.
What was happening around Ukraine by 27 May 2026?
Posted: | Security
A look back at the strikes, diplomatic signals and military preparations that framed the days before 27 May 2026.
What happened in Starobilsk before 26 May 2026?
Posted: | Politics
A disputed drone strike in occupied Luhansk Oblast and a statement from Minsk shaped the days leading up to 26 May 2026.
What happened on 25 May 2026 after Starobilsk
Posted: | Politics
A look back at the claims and counterclaims around the Starobilsk drone strike and Belarus's stated position in the days before 25 May 2026.
Starobilsk strike and Minsk's pledge, 25 May 2026
Posted: | Politics
Two developments in the days before 25 May 2026 showed how contested accounts of the war had become, and how Belarus described its place in it.
Strikes on Kyiv and Russian oil sites
Posted: | Security
A look back at the exchange of long-range attacks reported between 23 and 24 May 2026, as the war's pressure fell on both capitals' infrastructure.
What was known about the Starobilsk strike claims
Posted: | Politics
A look back at the competing Russian and Ukrainian accounts of a drone strike in occupied Luhansk Oblast reported on 22 May 2026.
What happened in Starobilsk on 22 May 2026?
Posted: | Politics
A retrospective on two political signals from 21 and 22 May 2026: competing accounts of a drone strike in occupied Luhansk Oblast, and a Belarusian pledge to stay out of the war.
What did 23 May 2026 show about the war?
Posted: | Security
A retrospective on a day of drone strikes, disputed claims over Starobilsk and stalled diplomacy in the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Lukashenko rules out joining war, offers Zelenskyy talks
Posted: | Politics
A look back at the statement by Belarus's president on 21 May 2026 about his country's role in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Drones, shelters and Lukashenko's pledge on 21 May
Posted: | Security
A look back at a day when Belarus's leader ruled out joining the war while Baltic states dealt with stray drones.
Vilnius sounds air raid alert over drone signal
Posted: | Security
A drone signal near the Belarusian border led Lithuania to order residents of its capital to take shelter, a step no EU or NATO member had taken before in this war.
When Vilnius told residents to take shelter
Posted: | Security
A look back at the drone alert in Lithuania's capital and the regional events around it in the days before.
Drone downed over Estonia on 19 May 2026
Posted: | Security
A look back at a day when a NATO jet shot down a suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonian territory, amid drone strikes and nuclear drills in the region.
What the Latvian government's fall revealed on 15 May 2026
Posted: | Politics
A look back at the political fallout from stray drones in the Baltic region, and at personnel changes in Russia's border regions.
Why did Latvia's government fall over drones?
Posted: | Politics
A look back at the political fallout in Latvia and Russia's border regions in mid-May 2026, as drone incursions and cross-border attacks reshaped governments.
Drones, missiles and a resignation: 12 May 2026
Posted: | Security
A retrospective on a day when strikes crossed borders, a Latvian minister quit and Moscow spoke of new nuclear missiles.
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