Latvia

Ukrainian law enforcement officers, in cooperation with Latvian authorities, dismantled an international scheme to extort money from investors in electronic exchanges, arresting three key organizers and seizing evidence.

Ukraine's judo team won 11 awards, including 1 gold, 2 silver and 8 bronze, taking 4th place at the European Cup in Riga, Latvia.

Latvian Prime Minister Ewika Silina supports the deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine to train the Ukrainian Armed Forces, provided that a consensus is reached among alliance partners.

Latvia may deport 800 Russians who have not applied for permanent or temporary residence and have not passed the Latvian language test.

Ukraine has started negotiations with Latvia on a bilateral security agreement, defining its content, key elements and thematic blocks.

More than two dozen heads of parliamentary foreign affairs committees, including the United States and Israel, signed a statement denying the legitimacy of the elections held by Russia in the occupied Ukrainian territories.

The Czech Republic secured an opportunity to purchase an additional 200,000 units of artillery ammunition for Ukraine from third countries.

Russia has banned 347 high-ranking officials from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, including prime ministers and foreign ministers, from entering the country because of their "hostile policy" of lobbying for sanctions, interfering in Russia's internal affairs and demolishing Soviet monuments.

President Zelenskyy criticized the Pope's proposal for Ukraine's negotiations with Russia, saying that the Church should be with people who are defending their lives, not engaged in "virtual mediation" from afar.

NATO nations are rotating air defense systems, including Patriot systems, to Lithuania to strengthen Europe's defense capabilities in the Baltic region in response to concerns about russian aggression.

Latvian President Edgards Rinkēvičs criticized Pope Francis' statement inviting Ukraine to negotiate with Russia, saying that "one cannot capitulate in the face of evil.

In Latvia, a repairman was arrested for illegally tuning banned Russian TV channels for at least 180 local residents and faces up to 3 years in prison or a fine for illegal entrepreneurship.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on allies to urgently increase and accelerate military aid to Ukraine, saying that the strategy of helping Ukraine "one drop at a time" no longer works to defeat Russia and prevent the spread of war in Europe.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit Lithuania to discuss with the foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and France a rapid increase in military aid to Ukraine.

Western allies, including Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, and France, have expressed support for the Czech Republic's initiative to purchase hundreds of thousands of artillery shells for Ukraine from non-EU countries, with almost all of the necessary funding already secured.

Latvia has approved a list banning imports of agricultural and feed products from Russia and Belarus until July 2025, becoming the first EU country to restrict such imports.

The Latvian government has approved a €303 million plan to strengthen fortifications along its eastern border with russia and belarus as part of a joint Baltic defense line.

Over the next nine months, the German Air Force will take control of patrolling NATO airspace over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from an air base in Latvia.

The President of Latvia commented on Elon Musk's words about the dissolution of NATO, saying that NATO exists to protect the free world from enemies such as Russia.

Starting March 11, cars with Russian license plates will be confiscated in Lithuania. The exception will be their transit to and from the Kaliningrad region. Such cars can stay in the country for no more than 24 hours with the mandatory presence of the owner

The Latvian government has imposed an embargo on Russian products, and the Polish Prime Minister said that Poland is considering doing the same in response to uncontrolled supplies from Russia and Belarus that are destabilizing European markets.

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine expressed confidence that an international tribunal to prosecute the Russian leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine would be established, and that the prosecutor's office was already collecting evidence for this case.

Latvia has banned imports of Russian grain at the legislative level and called for similar sanctions from the EU, as Ukrainian grain could replace Russian imports.

This year's Crimean Platform Parliamentary Summit will be held in Latvia, said Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Latvia became the first EU country to impose restrictions on agricultural products from Russia and Belarus, banning their imports until July 2025.

The Canadian military demonstrated how they are training Ukrainian deminers to safely detect and defuse enemy mines as part of Operation UNIFIER.

Ukraine's ambassador to the EU has called for a ban on the sale of Russian agricultural products in the European Union to help ease tensions among European farmers.

German authorities have exposed a large Russian-Eurasian money laundering network that transferred tens of millions of euros through shell companies.

Ukraine seeks to expand its military drone coalition with allies to more than 20 countries to supply more drones, cooperate on technology, and strengthen its armed forces against changing enemy tactics.

The Ministry of Defense presented Ukraine's needs for the development of an unmanned coalition to the military attaches of partner countries and asked them to support the financing of Ukrainian drone production.