Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina has resigned after a key party in her coalition withdrew support in a row over Ukrainian drones that strayed into the Baltic nation.The drones were on an attack mission across the border in Russia, and Ukraine said they crashed into Latvian territory on May 7 after being electronically diverted by the Russian military She said Latvia's anti-drone systems had not been deployed quickly enough to counter the drone intrusions.Mr Spruds's sacking prompted nine of his allies, fellow members of the left-wing Progressive party, to quit Ms Silina's ruling coalition, alleging she had made him a scapegoat.Mr Spruds formally resigned on Monday and Ms Salina proposed a military officer as his replacement but the Progressive party rejected him.Their withdrawal left her government with just 41 seats in the 100-seat parliament and opposition parties said they would call a vote of confidence just five months out from legislative elections.In a further blow Thursday, Armands Krauze, the minister for agriculture, from the Union of Greens and Farmers, was briefly detained as part of ongoing enquiries by anti-corruption body KNAB into state aid to firms in the forestry sector.Ms Silina, from the Unity party, had been prime minister since September 2023.Announcing her resignation, she told a press conference: "The most important thing for me is the wellbeing of Latvians and the security of our country."President Edgars Rinkevics has said he will meet party leaders on Friday for talks on a new government.Several Russian and Ukrainian drones have crashed in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022