Latvia sent a batch of over 500 drones to Ukraine as part of the international Drone Coalition.

Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds announced this.

He also posted photos of the packed boxes with the drones inside, before they were shipped.

“A parcel with more than 500 drones is on its way to Ukraine,” the official wrote on social network X.

On July 5, the Latvian Defense Ministry announced that a batch of 300 drones would arrive in Ukraine in a few days.

In total, more than 2,500 drones of various types and specifications will be handed over to the Ukrainian Defense Forces this month, worth €4 million.

The drones are supplied as part of the international Drone Coalition, led by Latvia. The drones are manufactured by seven Latvian companies.

The Drone Coalition currently includes 14 countries: Latvia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and Estonia. Other countries may join the initiative in the future.

As of June, the Drone Coalition raised €549 million for unmanned aerial vehicles for Ukraine.

In 2024, the Latvian Ministry of Defense alone allocated €20 million for the needs of the Drone Coalition, of which €10 million is intended to purchase drones from the Latvian defense industry.

The initiative to establish a drone coalition was announced during a meeting of its Minister of Defense of Latvia with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine in December 2023. On February 17, 2024, a coalition of 8 countries was formed.

At the beginning of June, the UK and Latvia opened the bidding for companies to supply FPV drones to Ukraine, on behalf of the Drone Capability Coalition.