The Minister instructed to promptly resolve the accessibility issues of the website 112.lv 0 13

The Minister informed the agency that in connection with the warnings about a possible threat in the airspace in the Balvi and Ludza regions announced on Monday evening, three main conclusions can be drawn.

Firstly, the cellular alert system worked very well. Secondly, the readiness of the State Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) to respond in conjunction with the National Armed Forces (NAF) for timely informing the public is at a high level.

Thirdly, the website and application "112.lv" must be accessible even under high load conditions so that the public can receive relevant information. Therefore, on Tuesday, at a meeting with the leadership of the SFRS and the Information Center of the Ministry of the Interior, Kozlovskis instructed to promptly resolve the technical issues that temporarily made the information on the website unavailable on Monday evening.

As reported, on Monday evening, the Latvian army detected an unmanned aerial vehicle from a foreign state near the Latvian-Russian border, close to the territories of the Ludza and Balvi regions. The cellular alert system was activated to inform residents in the relevant regions.

The aircraft did not enter Latvia's airspace. After it moved away from the Latvian border, a message was sent out indicating the end of the threat.

Several residents of the Balvi region confirmed to the LETA agency that they received alerts on their mobile phones regarding both the possible threat and its conclusion.

As observed by the LETA agency, the initial information urging residents of the Balvi and Ludza regions not to approach any low-flying, suspicious, or dangerous object but to call the number 112 was also available in the "112 Latvija" mobile application and on the "112.lv" website; however, later this website was temporarily down.

It was also reported that last week drones flew into and exploded in all three Baltic states. Most likely, they were directed at targets in Russia as part of Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression, but they went off course or were diverted by electronic warfare means.

A drone entered Latvia's airspace from Russia on Wednesday night and exploded in the Kraslava region about a kilometer from the center of the Svarini parish, while another briefly entered from Belarus and headed towards Russia.

After this, a public discussion unfolded about the need for timely informing residents in such cases using the cellular alert system. The SFRS reported that the corresponding text of the message about the threat in the airspace has already been prepared.