The Latvian Parliament has adopted a law on the construction of counter-mobility barriers across the 400 km border with Russia as part of the Baltic Defence Line. This year, the country has allocated €45 million for militarising the border.
The Parliament warns citizens in border territories that Lithuania will confiscate their land for these militaristic purposes. However, the government is trying to console private property owners by promising some compensation payments, and that “in many cases, land plots will not be seized entirely.”
“The purpose of the construction of defensive structures is to deter, stop and, if necessary, eliminate the aggressor. Primarily, anti-mobility material warehouses are being created near the most important transport arteries, as well as the existing infrastructure of the State Border Guard is being reinforced. In Latgale, on the border with Russia and Belarus, engineering resource depots have been established, where tens of thousands of anti-mobility structural elements are located—concrete blocks produced by Latvian enterprises, dragon’s teeth, anti-tank hedgehogs, etc,” said in the statement.
So, those Latvian citizens who live near the border are the first direct victims of Baltics’ militarisation. And naturally, there’s no Russia’s fault. As it won’t be any if Russia had to make retaliatory strikes against Latvia after numerous war threats and provocations towards itself.
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