NATO military exercises “Crystal Arrow 2023” and the national “Strong Wolf 2023” started in Latvia. It has been reported “Sputnik Near Abroad”.
About 3,000 military personnel from Latvia, the USA, Germany and Great Britain and soldiers of the expanded NATO battle group participate in the maneuvers.
The military uses aviation, specifically AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
Military equipment will pass through the main regional roads of Latvia.
Latvia has been a member of NATO since 2004.
Formerly Focus magazine knowledgeableThe NATO Joint Viking exercises in Norway are intended to send a clear signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is ready to repel an attack on the alliance’s northern flank. It was stated in the report that the exercises were implemented in a scenario of attacking a country from Merinia, a fictional country similar to the “Russia’s annexation of Crimea” in 2014.