NATO forces deployed to Latvia amid fears of Russian aggression - BBC News

[TexasTowelie]

NATO has deployed unprecedented numbers of forces to Latvia, a reaction to fears of future Russian aggression against the Baltic states.

Once part of the USSR, Latvia is now an independent country in the European Union, whose government has expressed staunch support for Ukraine.

But its close cultural ties to Russia is causing concern for the Latvian government - more than a quarter of Latvia’s population identifies as Russian.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Does Russian really want to start another theater of war?

This time against NATO? A conventional war won't happen unless China and NK want to add a million soldiers to a war they will lose....

[Thomas Hurt]

2. If Putin pushes this, he is going to find out how fast NATO forces can destroy what is left...

of his conventional military.

[William769]

5. ...

[Warpy]

4. Here are a couple of articles some might have missed

First, I don't think Russia gives a hoot about Latvia, per se, but this is competition they don't want: https://tankterminals.com/news/latvia-builds-new-lng-terminal/ The plan is to supply the Baltic states, Finland, Poland, and part of Germany. Russia can't do LNG, they do overland pipelines.

Latvia, which is about 25% ethnic Russian, has told its citizens the time has come to choose: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62592714 My guess is that relatively few of them will want to live under Putin's boot.

So this is coming as no surprise to international news junkies.