Latvian armed forces use the domestically built BLAZE interceptor drone operationally for the first time against an unidentified object near the Russian border

According to a Latvian National Armed Forces statement as relayed by Militarnyi, air-raid alerts were issued for the Krāslava and Ludza municipalities at 18:57 on 1 November after an unidentified aerial object was detected, and the BLAZE interceptor drone was deployed for the first time. The object left Latvian airspace into Russia at 19:16, and at 19:19 the military triggered BLAZE's self-destruct near the border to keep it from falling on Russian territory. The object's identity and whether an engagement took place have not been disclosed; the case stands as the first operational use of a European-built interceptor drone by a NATO military.