Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa announces her intention to resign following a political dispute within her coalition over how the government handled a recent drone incident. Siliņa says she is frustrated with the response to the “stray” drone incursion and with late public alerts for residents. According to reporting, the incident involved Ukrainian drones that stray into Latvian territory from Russia. The resignation comes after coalition partner Progressives withdraw support. Progressives refuse to back Siliņa’s dismissal of Defence Minister Andris Sprūds, who is a member of the Progressives party, and oppose the proposed replacement, Raivis Melnis. The withdrawal leaves Siliņa without a parliamentary majority, and her coalition government collapses ahead of national elections scheduled for October. Both accounts describe the resignation as directly linked to the fallout from Siliņa’s decision to fire Sprūds and the subsequent collapse of coalition support. The dispute centers on government handling and decision-making around the drone incident and its communication to the public.