Latvia strengthens security of dam and gas storage due to threat from Russia - EUROPE SAYS
Latvia has strengthened security around a hydroelectric dam upstream from its capital Riga and at a vast underground gas storage facility due to intelligence indicating a threat from Russia. This was stated. . .
Latvia has strengthened security around a hydroelectric dam upstream from its capital Riga and at a vast underground gas storage facility due to intelligence indicating a threat from Russia. This was stated in a comment to Reuters by the country’s Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs,reportsUNN. DetailsAccording to him, he spoke with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and asked the alliance for additional air defense assets and an increase in the number of allied troops on the ground, especially regarding energy facilities. Of course, in Inčukalns (gas storage – ed. )), as well as our energy sector and companies, and certainly the hydroelectric power plant– said Kulbergs. He also requested the rapid integration into NATO’s defense system of a counter-drone system being developed in Latvia with assistance from Ukraine. According to Kulbergs, as Russia faces setbacks in the war against Ukraine, its leadership wants a “quick victory, so the potential hybrid threat is greater than before”. RecallThe other day, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław SikorskiwarnedRussia against conducting provocations “under a false flag, using Ukrainian drones”. In turn, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėdastatedthat Vilnius has intelligence data that Russia is planning attacks on infrastructure, and this Baltic country will strengthen the protection of energy and transport facilities as a precautionary measure. Russia is preparing hybrid operations and provocations against NATO countries, in particular Poland and the Baltics – CPD16. 07. 26, 04:23 • 18024 viewsTags:JaunumilatviaLatvija