Swedish troops boost NATO presence in Latvia

During the Russian SMO, representatives of the Baltic countries have repeatedly hinted at the possibility of sending their ...
Sweden was spurred to join NATO in response to the security threat posed by Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. It has sent its troops to Latvia, which borders Russia and its ally Belarus. As a ...
Edgars Platonovs, a 41-year-old Latvian volunteer soldier fighting for Ukraine, was killed in action in December on the eastern front, the Latvian Armed Forces reported on Jan. 10. Platonovs was ...
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