Latvia set to allocate €15m for Drone Capability Coalition in 2026
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has revealed the number of drones supplied by Latvia this year under the Drone Capability Coalition, while his Latvian counterpart Baiba Braže announced that her country is set to allocate funds to support this initiative in 2026.
Source: Sybiha during a joint press conference with Braže, who is on a visit to Kyiv, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Sybiha disclosed that Latvia has supplied Ukraine with 12,000 unmanned aerial vehicles under the Drone Capability Coalition since the beginning of 2025.
"We have discussed increasing production and deliveries for 2026," he noted.
Braže, in turn, announced that Latvia will allocate additional funding to support the drone coalition.
"Next year, we will allocate €15 million to ensure sufficient capability as well as to make sure that the latest scientific and innovative research is implemented on the battlefield and enables Ukraine to defend itself," she stressed.
Braže also noted that Latvia has allocated an additional €5 million to provide other capabilities and extra resources for the rehabilitation of Ukrainian service members in the country.
It should be noted that the member countries of the coalition are Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia (co-coordinator), Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (co-coordinator).
Background:
- In March, the Drone Capability Coalition allocated €20 million to procure tactical-level reconnaissance drones for Ukraine.
- Following a request from Ukraine, Norway has agreed to allocate a larger share of its funding for this year's support towards the production of Ukrainian drones.
- In June, the UK reported that it is investing a record £350 million (US$472 million) this year to increase the supply of drones to Ukraine from 10,000 in 2024 to 100,000 in 2025.
- In October, it was reported that the United Kingdom had supplied Ukraine with more than 85,000 drones in the first six months of 2025.
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