The Minister of Defense of Latvia, Inara Murniece, announced that at a meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine. The portable air defense systems will be delivered to Ukraine in the shortest terms, as mil.in.ua reports.
"Latvia responded to Ukraine's request for the supply of air defense systems and decided to transfer to Ukraine all Stinger MANPADS that we have. We will do everything to deliver them to Ukraine as soon as possible," Murnietse announced.
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The article reminds that Latvia continues to implement the training program for Ukrainian servicemen. The country’s goal was to double the number of Ukrainian soldiers trained in the country this year compared to 2022.
"Now we see that we will be able to train even more Ukraine’s military at various levels. I am sure that by the end of the year, Latvia will train almost three thousand Ukraine’s servicemen," said Inara Murniece.
At the same time, the Minister of Defense of Latvia emphasized that Riga, together with other allies, is working on a new initiative to train soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Latvia.
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