Fearing Russia aggression, Latvia and Lithuania are boosting their defense spending after a meeting in Vilnius. Latvia, which shares a long border with Russia, is going up to 2 percent of GDP and Lithuania, which sits uncomfortably between Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia’s Baltic enclave (in which Moscow has been placing missiles lately), will commit 1.5 percent of GDP. Neither country was shy about naming names; they are worried about a Russian invasion, either conventional or, like in Ukraine, hybrid. Defense News reports:
Latvian Defence Minister Raimonds Bergmanis said that he and his Lithuanian counterpart, Juozas Olekas, also discussed sending Latvian military …read more
Source: The American Interest
