NATO introduced a military airfield of Lielward Military airfield in the south-east of Latvia. Reports about it “Interfax”.
The third Air Force Air Base NATO in the Baltic States “can take airplanes at any time of the day and in all weather conditions,” indicated in the alliance. The airfield became a spare platform in case of impossibility of using airbases in Emari in Estonia and Siauliai in Lithuania.
In the near future, Danish F-16 fighters will arrive in Lielward. Also there will be military transport aircraft and distant unmanned aerial vehicles.
One of the largest in the Baltic States, Lielward Air Base was created in 1970. On it until 1993, the 899th Orschean Fighter Airport Soviet Air Force on aircraft MiG-27 was based on.
Earlier on October 23, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that NATO consistently tightens the forces to the country’s borders against the background of conscripts for military consideration of Russia. He added that the North Atlantic Alliance was not ready for an equal dialogue.
On October 21, the FRG Minister of Defense Annegeret Kramp Carrenbauer stated that NATO should take a clear position on how to resist threats from Russia. According to her, Moscow regularly violates the airspace of the Baltic countries and the Black Sea states. The head of the Ministry of Defense also accused Russia in kiberats and inciting the migration crisis on the border of Belarus and the European Union countries.