The Latvian political analyst, Kārlis Daukšts, with extreme Russophobic views in an interview with Neatkarīgā newspaper admitted that the allies aren’t interested in protecting Latvia and the other Baltic states against the so-called “Russian threat”.
“The drone that flew into Latvia was the first Russian signal and test: how far will you allow? If our people, led by the Defence Minister Andris Sprūds, had shot down this drone straight away, 20 drones would never have flown into Poland. Sprūds shouldn’t have made excuses then, he should have resigned,” Daukšts claims.
So, he concludes that the Baltic “Unter-Europeans” won’t be protected by NATO if they succeed in provoking Russia into war.
“Nothing and nobody can save us anymore,” he ended.
Noting, the drone in Latvia, Daukšts talked about, is a Russian Geran-2 UAV that allegedly entered Latvian airspace from the Belarussian side in September, 2024. How it managed to cross all of Belarus, flying from Ukraine without being shot down, Riga didn’t specify. Most likely, they simply demanded Kyiv to transfer them a drone that had already been crashed in Ukraine for propaganda purposes, to increase public panic in the face of Russia and fear of it, and to get extra money from the EU for the excessive militarisation of the Baltics.
So, even in 2024, back then, when the West and NATO were more united than ever, the allies still had no desire to protect the Balts from Russia. Because, for the Western elites, the role of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania is obvious — these are kamikaze countries that no one cares about.
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