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The Ministry of Defense will send new troops to its contingent in Latvia.

As announced by the department headed by Margarita Robles, the Armed Forces are reinforcing the Spanish contingent deployed in Latvia with 150 soldiers, which is part of the NATO reinforcement deployment to the Eastern borders.

As explained by Defense in an official note, this operational adjustment is contemplated in "the agreements of the Council of Ministers on peacekeeping missions abroad."

Thus, about 150 soldiers will soon join the work being carried out by the almost 350 men and women currently deployed in Latvia, mostly from the Guzmán el Bueno X Brigade (Córdoba), under the operational control of the operations command.

In this deployment, for the first time, Spain deploys armored vehicles.

Defense explains that this initiative is part of the response plans "to preserve peace and security, approved by all member countries after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia."

This movement of the Government occurs after the president, Pedro Sánchez, made it clear that his Executive -of which Podemos is a part- will not come to the aid of Ukraine with the shipment of weapons.

Artillery and logistics

The additional capabilities provided by Spain will be a field artillery unit, an engineering unit (sappers and support) and logistical support capabilities.

The objective of the mission is to maintain the deterrence against any aggression against our Baltic allies, through a deployment of a defensive nature, and responds to the existing commitment within the Alliance to help the allied countries.

NATO already has four multinational tactical groups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, respectively.

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