Latvia Starts Digging Ditches On Its Belarus Border Amid Concerns Of Attack
Latvia Starts Digging Ditches On Its Belarus Border Amid Concerns Of Attack
A chain of fortifications will be created.
Along the Latvian border with Russia and Belarus, the military will create a chain of strongholds: defensive fortifications, obstacles and ammunition depots.
It is noted that the country plans to spend 303 million euros on this over five years.
According to the engineering inspector of the National Armed Forces (NAF) of Latvia, Lieutenant Colonel Kaspars Lazdiņš, the first defensive line will be erected at a distance of about a kilometer from the border with Russia, near the border point of Terehovo in the Lauda region. Anti-tank ditches are being dug there.
I'd imagine that this is a proper precaution on the side of the Baltics. Having several pre dug fortified defense lines could make the difference.
I can only imagine that the future Russo Ukranian border will look more like that between the Korea's than anything else..