Some of Russia’s neighbors in Europe should be prepared to deal with new World War-type hybrid warfare challenges presented by Russia under President Vladimir Putin amid fighting in eastern Ukraine, a Latvian official has stated. His comments come as US and Latvia are carrying out war games amid tensions with the Kremlin.
US and Latvian troops this week are staging mock battles, including one with a “Stalingrad-type scenario.” It will also entail the firing of a more than $100,000 anti-tank missile and mortars.
Amid the war games, officials with NATO are starting to work in the new Riga-based command center, according to TIME magazine.
“NATO must be flexible,” Latvian Defense Minister Raimonds Vejonis told TIME.
A fragment of a multiple missile 'Uragan', lies near a damaged private house after shelling in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. According to rebels it comes from Ukrainian army's position. AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky
