Authorities in Latvia call on residents to turn basements into air-raid shelters over concerns the Baltic country could be Russia’s next target (www.euractiv.com)

submitted 4 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/news@beehaw.org

1 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Cross posted from: https://feddit.de/post/11534448

Archived link

Latvia, a former Soviet republic and now a member of NATO and the European Union, has a 214-kilometre border with Russia, and has been one of Ukraine’s most reliable supporters since Russia’s invasion.

“We call on everyone during the big clean-up, but also afterwards, to ensure that your cellars and your basements can be used as shelters in case of emergencies,” said Vilnis Kirsis, mayor of the capital Riga.

He said in a communique that municipal employees would do the same for buildings belonging to the city.

Gints Reinsons, head of a Riga civil defence commission, said “the basements of public buildings, schools, retirement homes, hospitals, and town halls will be inspected by the authorities who will prepare them to serve as hiding places in the event of an attack.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 9 points 4 months ago

If Trump wins, I figure it's fairly likely that Russia will turn its sights towards attacking one of them smaller NATO members at its borders. Probably not a full-on invasion at least at first, but more of a test of whether Article 5 actually holds water or not – and with Trump in charge of the US, it's unlikely he'd decide to stand up against Russia

this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2024

54 points (100.0% liked)

World News

22009 readers

368 users here now

Breaking news from around the world.

News that is American but has an international facet may also be posted here.

Guidelines for submissions:

Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

For US News, see the US News community.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS