Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Latvia's foreign minister is warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to achieve in peace talks what he hasn't been able to accomplish in his war against Ukraine — weaken the ...

Latvia's defense minister says there's room for an even bigger NATO presence in his country. The remarks come as Russia resupplies and rebuilds its military bases in the Baltic region and NATO ...

Latvia will deliver CVR(T) vehicles to Ukraine. It is worth noting that this country, which borders Russia, ordered 123 CVR(T) vehicles in 2014.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced Russia would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which shares borders with both Latvia, which is a NATO member, and Ukraine.

Last week, Latvia announced it will increase defense spending to 4% of GDP next year and continue to move toward 5%. NATO members have agreed to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defense.

Latvia’s foreign minister warns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to achieve in peace talks what he hasn’t been able to accomplish in his war against Ukraine — weaken the United ...