Latvia is ready to provide Ukraine with short-range air defense systems - Defense Minister
Kyiv • UNN
Latvia is ready to provide Ukraine with a short-range air defense system, supporting the urgent need to continue military assistance to the country.
The Latvian government supports the urgent need for continued support for Ukraine and is ready to transfer a short-range air defense system. This was announced by Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds, UNN reports citing a statement posted on the EU website.
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Sprūds emphasized that Latvia fully supports the urgent need for continued, unwavering support for Ukraine. He pointed out that European countries are constantly monitoring the developments. According to Spruds, today there is an additional understanding of the urgency to provide Ukraine with weapons.
There are countries that help with Patriot systems, and, of course, there are countries that do not have these systems, but at the same time, it is not only about them. Patriot is very important, as our Ukrainian partners have also emphasized, but at the same time, if we are talking about air defense, we are talking about a fairly wide range of different air defense systems. Therefore, Latvia is also ready to provide air defense systems..
He also reminded that Latvia has signed an agreement with Ukraine on security commitments.
Last year, the country also actively trained Ukrainian soldiers, 4,000 of them, and pledged to do so this year.
In addition, Latvia leads a coalition of drones, a coalition of capabilities in the Ramstein format.
