Russian secret services target Latvia as Ukraine's drone offensive worries the Kremlin
Key takeaways
- The Russian secret services on Monday accused Latvia without evidence of helping Ukraine strike Russian targets using drones, and threatened the Baltic state with military retaliation.
- Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s representative to the Security Council, accused Riga, without providing any evidence, of allowing Ukraine to use its territory to prepare drone strikes against Russia.
- The Russian diplomat then threatened the Baltic state with military retaliation, claiming that NATO would not come to its aid, even though Latvia has been a member of the organisation since 2004.
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The Russian secret services on Monday accused Latvia without evidence of helping Ukraine strike Russian targets using drones, and threatened the Baltic state with military retaliation. But the targeting of Latvia by the Kremlin, which continues to deploy new tactics in its hybrid war, was no accident.
By: Sébastian SEIBT A guard stands at the border fence with barbed wire during a press tour to present military reinforcement measures at the border of Latvia with Russia on August 16, 2024 near Karsava, Latvia. © Gints Ivuskans, AFP Moscow launched a fierce attack on Latvia at the UN on Monday. Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s representative to the Security Council, accused Riga, without providing any evidence, of allowing Ukraine to use its territory to prepare drone strikes against Russia.
The Russian diplomat then threatened the Baltic state with military retaliation, claiming that NATO would not come to its aid, even though Latvia has been a member of the organisation since 2004.