Latvia’s Leader Backs NATO Troop Training Mission in Ukraine
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Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners fire at enemy UAVs in the Donetsk region, Ukraine.
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Latvia Prime Minister Evika Silina said she supports the idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine to train the country’s soldiers, after French President Emmanuel Macron signaled he was open to such a move.
Silina said in an interview that she would like NATO to get to a point where “we do some training there,” although she stressed that the presence of troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization inside the country would require consensus among the alliance’s partners.