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Igor Taro

Estonian journalist and politician (born 1981)

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    NATO fighters shoot down drone over Latvia as Finland restricts Baltic air traffic

    NATO fighter jets operating under the Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace on the night of 13-14 August, prompting air alerts in Latvia and precautionary flight restrictions in Finland's eastern Gulf of Finland.

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