RIGA - It is important that China stops supporting and "enabling the aggressor state" Russia in its war against Ukraine, Foreign Minister Baiba Braze (New Unity) stressed at the annual foreign policy debate at Saeima on Thursday.

An undersea data cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged early on January 26, the latest in a series of similar incidents in the Baltic Sea in which critical seabed energy and communications lines are believed to have been severed by ships traveling to or from Russian ports.

RIGA - The Finnish Chairpersonship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) aims to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine by the end of this year, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, who on Tuesday met with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze (New Unity), told reporters in Riga.

Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Trump’s return as president, saying Ukraine looks forward to working with him. Russia’s casualties mounted to a record high of 434,000 in 2024, with 150,000 deaths, Ukraine’s commander in chief of the armed forces said. The toll is higher than the previous two years combined, he said.

Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said North Korea has already provided Russia with 120 self-propelled artillery guns and 120 multiple-launch rocket systems, with more to come.

Russia says it shot down more than 120 drones overnight, in what would be one of the largest attacks of the war.

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Swedish troops have deployed to Latvia as part of a Canadian-led NATO brigade on the alliance's eastern flank. This marks Sweden's most significant NATO operation, with 550 troops arriving to bolster region stability amidst heightened tensions from Russia's actions against Ukraine.

Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO's eastern flank, a mission Sweden is calling its most significant operation so far as a member of the Western defense alliance.

Sweden’s armed forces said the mission of 550 troops will contribute to the alliance’s deterrence and defense efforts, and ensure stability in the region, and that it “marks Sweden’s largest commitment yet since joining NATO.

Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank, a mission Sweden is calling its most significant operation so far as a member of the Western defense alliance.