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  • Опубліковано 5 жов 2023
  • Since the beginning of Russia's war on Ukraine, Latvia has seen a surge in citizens joining the National Guard to get military training. But they are not the only ones trained to maintain the national defense - so are civilians. Latvia holds nationwide exercises each year combining training for both military and civilian readiness for a hypothetical attack that local residents tell Teri Schultz no longer seems impossible.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 675

  • @gevans5446
    @gevans5446 8 місяців тому +14

    People who understand that freedom is not free.

  • @jager3820
    @jager3820 8 місяців тому +67

    Wise decision Latvia good for them

  • @thattubesound2214
    @thattubesound2214 8 місяців тому +83

    GOOD for the former Riga mayor, telling Russians living in Latvia to "get used to it"! Exactly as it should be.

    • @barbarakauppi9915
      @barbarakauppi9915 8 місяців тому +4

      Best response by that mayor. Sure could use that very same stance in a lot of places..

  • @romankacin8365
    @romankacin8365 8 місяців тому +63

    Your biggest nightmare: having Russia as your neighbour.

    • @GwynBleys
      @GwynBleys 8 місяців тому

      Ironically it wasn't Russia that launched multiple invasions on Europe using Latvia

    • @romankacin8365
      @romankacin8365 8 місяців тому

      Oh, and Finland

    • @godzosioda
      @godzosioda 8 місяців тому

      Russia is a terrorist state.

    • @barbarakauppi9915
      @barbarakauppi9915 8 місяців тому

      @@csuporj Oh dear Nicolae, you were deposed, tried, and executed already. Give it a rest. Your buddy Putler still cannot resurrect your sorry cadaver ahz no matter how much you natter about trying to haunt some little social media chatter forum.

    • @garettdoornwaard4822
      @garettdoornwaard4822 8 місяців тому

      Nah. Isreal

  • @craigsavarese4554
    @craigsavarese4554 8 місяців тому +73

    Unlike Ukraine, their membership in NATO will provide them with more support than they can imagine. That being said, they are doing the right thing in preparing. It will take some time to deploy US/NATO rapid deployment forces. Though they would receive near instant air support.

    • @hakiza-technologyltd.8198
      @hakiza-technologyltd.8198 8 місяців тому +4

      Hahahahaha... think twice ... if Russia decides to engage a nato country , it will all be about a Hypersonic nuked war head missile ... make no mistake about that.

    • @YhannieRocks
      @YhannieRocks 8 місяців тому

      ​@@hakiza-technologyltd.8198and make no mistake, if Russia engages a NATO country with hypersonic nuke missiles, Russia itself will be erased from the map via a rain of NATO's own hypersonic nuclear missiles.

    • @MrJonezy541
      @MrJonezy541 8 місяців тому

      ​@@hakiza-technologyltd.8198And then Russia will get glassed by thousands of nuclear warheads, good plan.

    • @blackwatertv7018
      @blackwatertv7018 8 місяців тому +19

      @@hakiza-technologyltd.8198
      Russia doesn’t have the balls to use its nuclear weapons

    • @Groggybandito
      @Groggybandito 8 місяців тому

      No it won't, the French and Germans have no balls, the Americans are clearly an unreliable partner, the only way eastern Europe can protect itself is if they all get together and develop nuclear weapons, that is their only hope for survival.

  • @broodyhenloloa
    @broodyhenloloa 8 місяців тому +57

    Russia cannot attack Latvia. 2 reasons. 1. Latvia is NATO. 2. Latvia is EU.

    • @TheRealBillBob
      @TheRealBillBob 8 місяців тому +14

      Cannot? LOL NATO is already running out of arms trying to support non-NATO and non-EU Ukraine against Russia. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @MarincaGheorghe
      @MarincaGheorghe 8 місяців тому +32

      ​@@TheRealBillBobno reason to laugh out to your ears though. What Kremlin wants and what he can get are totally different matters.

    • @broodyhenloloa
      @broodyhenloloa 8 місяців тому +1

      @@TheRealBillBob were you born delusional? Or you worked hard to become delusional?.

    • @BBme
      @BBme 8 місяців тому

      This is the problem of US disease spreaded into EU Nato, Childish, Low IQ50 and Senility. I am not Russian related but I disgust looking how these US and its lashed dogs countries people become the same as Biden and his son.

    • @Tikis140
      @Tikis140 8 місяців тому +3

      VATA@@TheRealBillBob

  • @piggyraccoon5464
    @piggyraccoon5464 8 місяців тому +24

    If Russian attacks Latvia - the following scenario is this:
    NATO forces launches into the war from both sides - EAST & WEST, while Russian allies Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan & North Korea declare war on NATO. An unexpected plot twist happens and China attempts to backstab Russia by taking over Siberia and it's precious resources. Japan sees an opportunity to regain it's lost territories and declares war on Russia as well. Kazakhstan remembers what Russia did to Aral sea and also declares war on Russia. Seeing this Russian allies fall back. Russia is now alone against NATO, China, Japan and Kazakhstan. The war continues for 1 year and within this timeframe Putin flees to his arctic base within Novaya Zemlya. Eventually, a civil war breaks out within Russia which causes the country to disintegrate into several newly formed countries as former autonomous okrugs and oblasts like Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia & Tuva sees an opportunity for the independence. Russia has lost massive amount of territories and now has only about half of its size only to the west of Urals as almost whole Siberia has been taken by Chinese forces.

    • @delta_glider4362
      @delta_glider4362 8 місяців тому

      >NATO forces launches into the war
      like they did when missile hit Poland🤗

    • @trogdortpennypacker6160
      @trogdortpennypacker6160 8 місяців тому

      No nukes would start flying for sure and China would turn on it's ally thus isolating itself forever. Seems legit...

    • @TmanRock9
      @TmanRock9 8 місяців тому

      @@delta_glider4362 no, more like they did with Afghanistan.

    • @tonyatgoogle6076
      @tonyatgoogle6076 8 місяців тому

      Russia won't attack Latvia. No point. But, Poland will attack Ukraine. Part of Ukraine afterall used to be part of Poland.

    • @therealdreyG
      @therealdreyG 8 місяців тому

      Dream scenario

  • @prdubi
    @prdubi 8 місяців тому +48

    Ethnic Russian, living in Latvia. You know there wasn't any Russians before WWII in Latvia. Out of blue with the kindness of Latvia, they were allowed to stay despite being in an occupation force. Amazing what generosity will do.

    • @CausticLemons7
      @CausticLemons7 8 місяців тому

      Oh, generosity? Certainly not tanks from the Red Army storming their cities like they did elsewhere. No sir, the Baltics absolutely wanted to be conquered...

    • @lashlarue7924
      @lashlarue7924 8 місяців тому +9

      Ethnicity is overrated, but standing up to tyranny is underrated.

    • @ainars1205
      @ainars1205 8 місяців тому +4

      There were lot of nations in Latvia before WWll including russians, too. After WWll came 700 000 soviets. Soviets weren't only russians despite of speaking language.

    • @frankrenda2519
      @frankrenda2519 8 місяців тому +6

      if it wasnt for russia latvians would be talking german know

    • @eksiarvamus
      @eksiarvamus 8 місяців тому +5

      @@lashlarue7924 "Ethnicity is overrated" - such things can only be said by those whose ethnicity isn't really threatened by an outside force.

  • @jia2001
    @jia2001 8 місяців тому +14

    Eastern European countries knows to well of Russian brutality and war crimes during the cold war.

    • @Josef-EU
      @Josef-EU 8 місяців тому +1

      Our small country in Central Europe once showed signs of wanting to become independent of Kremlin and they immediately sent in troops with tanks, resulting in deaths of civilians and they remained there for the next 21 years.

    • @herptek
      @herptek 6 місяців тому

      But because they were communist crimes, and thus generally more acceptable to politically correct folk, we can call them peace crimes instead. Well, that sounds no less awkward for the communists on the second thought.

    • @Josef-EU
      @Josef-EU 6 місяців тому

      @@herptek What are you even talking about?

    • @herptek
      @herptek 6 місяців тому

      @@Josef-EU Communists are for peace, even when they wage war. Didn't you know that? Likewise we evil western capitalists and fascist are war mongers even when we don't start wars.
      To suggest otherwise would be to suggest we are not in fact on the side of evil, which is intolerable suggestion. The structures of our societies could not be endlessly scrutinized and purged of opressors hiding under every rock and also our foreign enemies could not denazify us. Obviously the western countries should be held responsible of all evils of the world, including those of their enemies.
      At least if one is a communist or sympathetic to communism. But because I'm not I would consider the atrocities committed by the communists before, during and after the war with the same gravity as any others, if not more so since they were our enemies and wanted to crush our entire nation, among others.

  • @carmen_es
    @carmen_es 8 місяців тому +14

    This is what happens when Russia is your neighbor

  • @nobodyisbest
    @nobodyisbest 8 місяців тому +75

    Latvia needs to learn from the Russian playbook and lay huge minefields at the border.

    • @user-vl8ih6qx3s
      @user-vl8ih6qx3s 8 місяців тому +5

      Latva should make a 50 kilometr defence line on its Territory)

    • @handler007
      @handler007 8 місяців тому

      as long as mr. footin is alive, no peace. you know your mission ukraine, it is to eliminate mr. footin. not fight its army. attack footin directly!

    • @shsh-he5qg
      @shsh-he5qg 8 місяців тому +3

      @@user-vl8ih6qx3stheir whole population is 1.8 million people 😂
      Capitals in Europe have 3/6 times more people ! Latvia is a insignificant place in Europe

    • @anacc3257
      @anacc3257 8 місяців тому +14

      @@shsh-he5qg It's a rich, very educated country, a NATO member and a western ally with quite a lot of power in proportion to their population. Russia is definitely not happy about that.

    • @CTRusTFromCT
      @CTRusTFromCT 8 місяців тому +3

      well for latvia they have the canadians helping to

  • @algijura
    @algijura 8 місяців тому +12

    Sveikinu Braliukai!!😊😊😊

  • @thomaskortvelyessy
    @thomaskortvelyessy 8 місяців тому +26

    I fully understand Latvians. After all: What if Olaf Scholz vetoes, sorry "hesitates" again? ... (never mind if Marine LePen should win French elections)

    • @xDomglmao
      @xDomglmao 8 місяців тому +5

      dont think he would hesitate when it comes to NATO though
      at least that's what I hope

    • @peabase
      @peabase 8 місяців тому

      There won't be any vetoing when Article 5 is invoked. That is to say, unless Trump regains the US presidency.

    • @piggyraccoon5464
      @piggyraccoon5464 8 місяців тому

      i mean that would mean that NATO is a useless alliance which would cause doubts of its existence

    • @bolsa3136
      @bolsa3136 8 місяців тому +1

      Germany has no power projection. Biggest answer would be the US, Poland, France and UK

    • @barbarakauppi9915
      @barbarakauppi9915 8 місяців тому

      @@xDomglmao He's already "hesitated".. Repeatedly. Even after threat of removing NATO protections. He only got off that fence by getting pushed off.

  • @wombatwilly1002
    @wombatwilly1002 8 місяців тому +5

    Should've let Patton and Churchill take care of the "Russians" in 46.

    • @fixpontt
      @fixpontt 8 місяців тому

      how? lol, every single field advantage was on the soviet's side and they also planned to keep the momentum and walk until the Atlantic Ocean

    • @wombatwilly1002
      @wombatwilly1002 8 місяців тому

      @@fixpontt Russia didn't have nukes until 1949.It's ok Stalin out of Europe or we'll force you out!

    • @fixpontt
      @fixpontt 8 місяців тому

      @@wombatwilly1002 nukes have zero relevance in the battlefield there was no way to push the Red Army out of Europe, the real question is could the soviets occupy the entire continent if they wanted or not.

    • @wombatwilly1002
      @wombatwilly1002 8 місяців тому

      @@fixpontt The whites should've put more effort into defeating the reds in 1918 and we might not've had a100 yrs of Russian BS.They'll be the same for the next 109 years if humanity lasts that long.Rusdia is an uncivilized society.Ditto China and North Korea.Not to mention Iran against Israel.

    • @gaborrajnai6213
      @gaborrajnai6213 8 місяців тому

      @@wombatwilly1002 Lol all the 3 nukes the US owned in 1946? That would be enough to piss the Soviets but not to stop them.

  • @Leoterio76
    @Leoterio76 8 місяців тому +4

    Lativa, watch out!!!!! Be careful!!! Love from Brazil

  • @latvietisarpicku
    @latvietisarpicku 8 місяців тому +20

    Latvian here. Who states Latvians are afraid?

    • @winzyl9546
      @winzyl9546 8 місяців тому

      Im more afraid of latvia, russia will simply plant mines and dragons teeth.

    • @pnduarte4696
      @pnduarte4696 8 місяців тому +1

      Russia.

    • @TheRealBillBob
      @TheRealBillBob 8 місяців тому

      They are afraid Russia swallows Latvia over the weekend. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @peabase
      @peabase 8 місяців тому +7

      @@TheRealBillBob So, in Ukraine, 3 days became 590 days and counting. If Russia's estimate for "swallowing" Latvia is 2 days as you say, in reality we'd be looking at 393 days and counting. Since Latvia is in NATO and NATO is obliged to come to Latvia's aid, you'd think NATO's overwhelming reinforcements would make it to Latvia in far less time. In fact, I think that on day 393, NATO would be mopping up after the conclusive Battle of Vladivostok.

    • @TheRealBillBob
      @TheRealBillBob 8 місяців тому

      @@peabase 🤡🤡🤡🤡

  • @tombuilder1475
    @tombuilder1475 8 місяців тому +4

    Nato will not let russia roll on Latvia. it would be the end of russia as 30 countries pound russia. a country that cannot even win against one neighbor would be done in a week

    • @diegomorata2885
      @diegomorata2885 8 місяців тому

      Russia is winning. Unlike the usa that had to runaway from men in pajamas

  • @eriks.n.6275
    @eriks.n.6275 5 місяців тому

    thanks

  • @mabra-mabra
    @mabra-mabra 8 місяців тому

    Begitulah setiap kemanusiaan dapat terjebak, jika menggantunkan harapan serta perlindungannya kepada kegelapan!!

  • @alesh2275
    @alesh2275 8 місяців тому +1

    Impressive how good their English is

  • @yayhandles
    @yayhandles 8 місяців тому +5

    Thank you, Teri! Always wonderful to see you make an appearance!

    • @handler007
      @handler007 8 місяців тому

      as long as mr. footin is alive, no peace. you know your mission ukraine, it is to eliminate mr. footin. not fight its army. attack footin directly!

  • @jocopowell
    @jocopowell 8 місяців тому +9

    Russia will be treated as a pariah for the next half-century or better.

  • @artursbondars7789
    @artursbondars7789 8 місяців тому +3

    Not really a fear, but rather preparedness, wich considering history and other factors is only logical.

    • @Nauda999
      @Nauda999 8 місяців тому

      that is extra 0.1% preparedness. Latvia giving significant part of it's heavy military equipment to Ukraine lost them some 20-30% of preparedness.
      in 2020 NATO itself predicted that if Russia invaded Latvia, they would take 50% of territory in 12 to 24 hours, before any action could be taken by NATO. That is before Latvia gave away so much equipment.
      Latvia is too small, if Russia wants to invade there is nothing that can stop them, only option is to make sure Russia doesn't want to.

    • @artursbondars7789
      @artursbondars7789 8 місяців тому

      @@Nauda999 You have wrong or incomplete information. I will not comment on equipment section, for reasons. But we have it and our troops are better equipped than our Eastern neighbors and even some Western.
      About defence section I'll mention, that we differ on how we conduct war and defence. In Latvia, in case of an attack or war, our troops and civilian population have the rights to arm themselves, mobilize and conduct counteroffensive without declaration of war, without governments or military orders and involment. Also population on ground are in core freedom loving, and they will not tolerate anyone, who would try to rob them of it. Our legal documents states of not recognizing any attacking power, even in most brutal occupation and war situation, and destruction of government, state and so on - only total defence and resistance untill completely victory.
      In conclusion some words, why we support Ukraine. In past we experienced the same brutality from our neighbors and we are aware of Russia's intention of restoring it's previous "empire" and threats to West, so we firmly opose that. In past we experienced ourselves how most, if not all of the democratic West, ignored the fate of countries from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe after WW2 and how crimes against humanity where ignored and we will not allow for that to happen again.

    • @Nauda999
      @Nauda999 8 місяців тому

      @@artursbondars7789 kādas pasakas, Latvijā reti kuram ir ieroči, pat medniekiem ir smagi ierobežojumi uz ieročiem.
      90tos gados bija liela un apbruņota zemessardze . tagad gandrīz nekas nav palicis pāri.
      Jurists un politiķis Juris Bojārs, kurš 1994. gadā nošāva sava auto zagli.
      Tagad gandrīz neviens nav bruņots, un pat auto zagļus nošaut nevar, kur nu Krievijas karaspēku, kas būtu daudz bīstamāki par auto zagļiem.

  • @jameskeener7251
    @jameskeener7251 8 місяців тому +2

    Extraordinary report. Journalism worthy of the name. Congratulations for your level of excellence, and thank you for your service to culture and democracy.

    • @terischultz
      @terischultz 8 місяців тому

      This is really kind of you -- thank you!

  • @Akenfelds1
    @Akenfelds1 2 місяці тому +1

    One thing the Putin-supporter Russians in Latvia have never, ever explained: Why don't they just move to Russia to live in the 'paradise' created by their 'wonderful' leader?

  • @Oblivisci........
    @Oblivisci........ 8 місяців тому +37

    My Balkan friends! Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania! We are with you. You have so much support here and America will stand with you should the terrorist nation of Russia try and invade. Much love from the east coast of America!

    • @Oblivisci........
      @Oblivisci........ 8 місяців тому +7

      🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇪🇪 ❤❤❤🇺🇸

    • @MrWeenuk21
      @MrWeenuk21 8 місяців тому +16

      balkan 😂😂😂

    • @fixpontt
      @fixpontt 8 місяців тому +14

      it's Baltic not Balkan, the Balkans is Serbia and Kosovo and Albania etc.

    • @lashlarue7924
      @lashlarue7924 8 місяців тому +8

      @@fixpontt Yeah whatever he meant the right thing that's all that matters.

    • @juusiperkele8547
      @juusiperkele8547 8 місяців тому +5

      haha Balkan is not the same as Baltic

  • @SabrinaTOSHIRO
    @SabrinaTOSHIRO 8 місяців тому +1

    So crazy

  • @lawrencekling8598
    @lawrencekling8598 8 місяців тому +19

    That's smart move from Latvia. They will be better prepared for not like Ukraine did in the beginning. Poland has strengthened their position as well.

    • @WangMingGe
      @WangMingGe 8 місяців тому +4

      Have you checked how many troops Latvia has???? And how many Ukraine has?

    • @juusiperkele8547
      @juusiperkele8547 8 місяців тому +3

      Troop count does not really matter. Your logic is one-sided my man. You want to say that 1'000'000 with old kalashnikovs and naked-butted would beat 100'000 troops well equipped & organized? @@WangMingGe

    • @BananaRama1312
      @BananaRama1312 8 місяців тому +1

      Nobody Cares about poland lol the only reason we mention them is that theyre the biggest country Bördering Ukraine 😂

    • @peterpanini96
      @peterpanini96 8 місяців тому

      Smart hahaha joining america was not smart just look at how ukraine ended...

    • @BananaRama1312
      @BananaRama1312 8 місяців тому

      @@peterpanini96 🤡Go Drink your Problems away loser

  • @romankacin8365
    @romankacin8365 8 місяців тому +2

    Anyone living in the West and doesn't support the West should leave. We don't need you here. Did you hear that, Ivan?

    • @lashlarue7924
      @lashlarue7924 8 місяців тому +2

      Agreed 100%. If you don't appreciate having an independent judiciary and a rule of law you should go to Russia, North Korea, Iran, Syria, where you have no rights at all whatsoever.

    • @Band_Aid_Man_
      @Band_Aid_Man_ 8 місяців тому

      My roommate is Slovakian and supports russia and putin with his romanticized thoughts of a communist dream, living here in canada where we support Ukraine. when we go to war, he automatically becomes the enemy....

    • @gaborrajnai6213
      @gaborrajnai6213 8 місяців тому

      @@lashlarue7924 What do you mean by independent judiciary and rule of law if you want to discriminate based on individual oppinion? Thats Putin's way, just to inform you. So there are people, who dont support Ukraine, a democratic response to this is its their choice.

  • @AnchorsAweighNarooma
    @AnchorsAweighNarooma 8 місяців тому

    Lets hope you will not have to use your new training, but you do have to be ready just in case.....

  • @phil20_20
    @phil20_20 8 місяців тому +1

    National Guard is the way to go! 🤠🤠

  • @KaRomy831
    @KaRomy831 8 місяців тому +11

    Go Latvia...that's right don't be complacent don't trust your nieghbor❤ from the Philippines

    • @juusiperkele8547
      @juusiperkele8547 8 місяців тому

      Philippines got a similar story with China... it's basically the same - China and Russia are eager to extend their territories and overthrow the US from the world leadership

  • @nadimabdelaal6494
    @nadimabdelaal6494 8 місяців тому +1

    They should consider the Ghandi strategie!!!

    • @donovan8747
      @donovan8747 8 місяців тому

      What? sleeping with girls?

    • @lordkorner
      @lordkorner 8 місяців тому

      Ghandi helped bring down the British Empire.

    • @spage80
      @spage80 8 місяців тому

      ​@@lordkornerBut Ghandi did face a nation that has no problem with killing woman and children.

  • @rubenreyes4477
    @rubenreyes4477 3 місяці тому

    Estonia 🇪🇪 has been in the border of Russia before Latvia.
    So first come first invaded. If there is any aggression. Not short cut..

  • @user-ho4qx5kk4q
    @user-ho4qx5kk4q 8 місяців тому +3

    this scaremongering is bad for business, tourism, investment

  • @MrSociofobs
    @MrSociofobs 8 місяців тому +2

    Props for re-uploading the video just because of a wrong description 👍

  • @paranoya733
    @paranoya733 8 місяців тому +1

    Russian: shoot! they're playing wars 😂😂

  • @ybicax1013
    @ybicax1013 8 місяців тому

    Правильно готовьтесь, держите себя в тонусе в эти нелегкие дни, за демократические ценности и жизнь отдать не жалко правда

  • @user-kp2do6rk5n
    @user-kp2do6rk5n 2 місяці тому

  • @englishclubprime548
    @englishclubprime548 8 місяців тому

    No one even thinks here about Latvia... We cannot even fly to Europe now (there no flights, we need to go to Turkey, and then to Europe). Going there,driving car, is restricted too now... About Russian people in Latvia : off course they are not quite pleased with your politics, because you totally closed the border, so no relatives can visit them. And public pressure on them probably exists, too

  • @winstonsmith1112
    @winstonsmith1112 8 місяців тому +6

    No longer seems impossible ! indeed

    • @TheRealBillBob
      @TheRealBillBob 8 місяців тому +1

      No, it's impossible. 17k man army, gets steam rolled

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 8 місяців тому

    Russia needs to chill.

  • @alexwilliams9900
    @alexwilliams9900 8 місяців тому +5

    Russian can barely arm its own troops and supply them. They are not going to go after Latvia

    • @diegomorata2885
      @diegomorata2885 8 місяців тому

      So far Russia doing well in Ukraine😊

    • @lashlarue7924
      @lashlarue7924 8 місяців тому +1

      @@diegomorata2885 Right, "everything is going to plan". Good joke, fool!

    • @516Mel
      @516Mel 8 місяців тому +1

      @@diegomorata2885 Yea, real well Ivan. Ukraine is too much for russia 😂

  • @chesh3712
    @chesh3712 8 місяців тому

    Latvia special 10 hour military drive to Moscow

  • @ittaaablir50
    @ittaaablir50 8 місяців тому

    Take care of your border, all us allies

  • @GolDRoger-fx2fp
    @GolDRoger-fx2fp 8 місяців тому +1

    Realtalk NATO is STRONG but acting WEAK.
    Very disappointed.🤦🤦

  • @RSjs25
    @RSjs25 8 місяців тому +1

    Why would russia invade latvia if they know humanity would end

    • @clawsewitz4316
      @clawsewitz4316 8 місяців тому

      Because the western democracies are in decay and decadent. Eurabia is gone.

    • @RSjs25
      @RSjs25 8 місяців тому +2

      @@clawsewitz4316 What do you mean?

    • @xDomglmao
      @xDomglmao 8 місяців тому

      nothing. just a bot. ignore him. @@RSjs25

  • @juusiperkele8547
    @juusiperkele8547 8 місяців тому

    You are playing around the population facts but this only means if you would concentrate all of the population for the war there would be more to be killed at one successful blast. Russia has huge population - thats true but almost half of it is over 50 y/o, then you can probably exclude majority of women and children. Sending actual people as meat shields is not a good strategy, therefore technology would play a huge role. 2 successful blasts to Moscow and St. Petersburg would already basically mean game over to Russia.

  • @khysrow_official
    @khysrow_official 8 місяців тому +3

    They train the wrong scenario for wrong situation. If attacked is provoked the situation will be different.

    • @pjhgerlach
      @pjhgerlach 8 місяців тому +4

      Something Russia found out the hard way.

  • @rubenhayk5514
    @rubenhayk5514 8 місяців тому

    Latvian military - two horses and a catapult

    • @ghyg3870
      @ghyg3870 6 місяців тому

      😂in you dream

  • @Quotes4ulife
    @Quotes4ulife 8 місяців тому +4

    They don't look like fighters

    • @juusiperkele8547
      @juusiperkele8547 8 місяців тому +2

      your quotes channel inspired me to vomit, kind regards

    • @Quotes4ulife
      @Quotes4ulife 8 місяців тому

      @@juusiperkele8547 Thank you. Keep getting inspired but please don't vomit.

  • @augistineaquinas3325
    @augistineaquinas3325 8 місяців тому

    sadly, i see in the future, a world where the big nations swallow the smallers nations and then fight for dominion over Earth...

  • @stavrosbrainstorm3509
    @stavrosbrainstorm3509 8 місяців тому +1

    Brave Latvia ❤

  • @mabra-mabra
    @mabra-mabra 8 місяців тому

    Scenario usang, karena sebentar lagi habitat iblis pengecut biadap itu menjadi terpecah beberapa bagian. Dan tentunya habitat iblis pengecut biadap itu akan melihat para pejuang dari kemanusiaan telah berada di areanya sendiri.

  • @juusiperkele8547
    @juusiperkele8547 8 місяців тому

    If Russian attacks Latvia or any of the Baltic States - the following scenario is this:
    NATO forces launches into the war from both sides - EAST & WEST, while Russian allies Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan & North Korea declare war on NATO. An unexpected plot twist happens and China attempts to backstab Russia by taking over Siberia and it's precious resources. Japan sees an opportunity to regain it's lost territories and declares war on Russia as well. Kazakhstan remembers what Russia did to Aral sea and also declares war on Russia. Seeing this Russian allies fall back. Russia is now alone against NATO, China, Japan and Kazakhstan. The war continues for 1 year and within this timeframe Putin flees to his arctic base within Novaya Zemlya. Eventually, a civil war breaks out within Russia which causes the country to disintegrate into several newly formed countries as former autonomous okrugs and oblasts like Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia & Tuva sees an opportunity for the independence. Russia has lost massive amount of territories and now has only about half of its size only to the west of Urals as almost whole Siberia has been taken by Chinese forces.

  • @scientifically5812
    @scientifically5812 8 місяців тому +1

    That will help them for the first few hours....After that, they will become the region of Russian Federation.

    • @karliskokorevics6902
      @karliskokorevics6902 8 місяців тому

      Sure, in Putin's dreams. Meanwhile Russia will lose Kaliningrad and have a 100km demilitarized border with Latvia and the rest of the EU

  • @ebiekem
    @ebiekem 8 місяців тому +2

    Im sure the Russian Federation are laughing at their own end as theyre not interested in invading Latvia.

  • @senzosanjuro1769
    @senzosanjuro1769 8 місяців тому +3

    Russia is struggling against Ukrain they don't have the forces to take Latvia and they know Europe won't let it happening 😑

  • @waynewhite1295
    @waynewhite1295 Місяць тому

    Russia would want to install a government compatible with belarus leader who would never leave government.

  • @nbell5050
    @nbell5050 8 місяців тому +13

    I've started to notice that DW and France24 start to copy each other, reading the same script. Practically word for word.

    • @lif6737
      @lif6737 8 місяців тому +2

      That's common in the news industry, actually. News organizations purchase stories from others and republish them. I've always found DW journalism to be fairly well funded and that it has a wide reach, yet France24 always felt like a far lower quality production. My assumption is France24 is purchasing the work of journalists from DW to compensate for its own shortcomings.

  • @shvideo1
    @shvideo1 8 місяців тому

    Latvia is part of NATO. They will have your back. It is always great to prepare yourselves. Tell those Russians in your country to leave for their vast land if they don’t like it. Enough of human cruelty. We must have learned our lessons to get along by now.

  • @ANIMATION_YT520
    @ANIMATION_YT520 8 місяців тому

    Really

  • @kasurottv5603
    @kasurottv5603 8 місяців тому +1

    Stay safe

  • @Nauda999
    @Nauda999 8 місяців тому

    @3:36 ""real fear among Latvians that Russia will not stop at Ukraine there certainly is a fear geart that if Russia isn't stopped in Ukraine it would move on to the Baltic states"
    @5:50 "we should emphasize that nobody thinks Russia is going to come uh invade a NATO state anytime soon"
    in a span of less than 3 minutes story goes from Russia will attack Baltic states, to Russia will not attack.

    • @karliskokorevics6902
      @karliskokorevics6902 7 місяців тому

      Yes, because they're still stuck in Ukraine. The issue is the worst case scenario if Ukraine loses and Russia moves onto NATO states (Baltics, Poland & Finland)

    • @Nauda999
      @Nauda999 7 місяців тому

      @@karliskokorevics6902 This conflict in Ukraine is first time NATO has taken on a really powerful nation, so far they have been bombing nations like Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Libya none that could fight directly back at NATO countries.
      Maybe that can be taken as a proof that NATO would actually go to war over Baltics or Finland, but only one way to find out.

  • @finn3102
    @finn3102 8 місяців тому +6

    They are training for an unlikely scenario. Would be much better if the volunteers were trained to support cyber warfare & security in Latvia.

    • @idomaniacs
      @idomaniacs 8 місяців тому +10

      With Putin, better not to take a risk

    • @finn3102
      @finn3102 8 місяців тому +1

      @@idomaniacs I understand the concern, but seriously doubt that Russia will try to invade Latvia in the near future. In the Russian mindset the Baltic countries are not like Ukraine. Not to mention Georgia, which are countries that Russians feel they have a connection to. Hence don't want to loose them to the west. Stalin Himself was of Georgian origin and the cultural/ ancestral heart of Russia is thought to be in Ukraine. Most importantly, Baltic countries now have the protection of NATO.

    • @idomaniacs
      @idomaniacs 8 місяців тому

      @@finn3102 You can't believe anything Putin says especially when the Kremlin controlled Talkshows talk about restoring all of the territories of the Russian empire. They also said that they would never invade Ukraine. Of course you can say that the baltic lands are protected by NATO, but if Putin conquors Uk, he will control 40% of the world's grain and will use it as a blackmail tool as he tries to attack more countries.

  • @alsharifbinedi9560
    @alsharifbinedi9560 8 місяців тому +1

    👍👍👍👍😇

  • @piggyraccoon5464
    @piggyraccoon5464 8 місяців тому

    bro, this decline was caused due to mass migration, many Russians returned to Russia because they did not want to become Latvian citizens meanwhile many Latvians left for better work opportunities to the west. Soviets had done huge damage to the Latvian economy and this would take several years to be fixed. Russians always felt as being higher human species than Latvians which proves that they had the same ideology as Na*is. They are entitled by their history so much that they feel like God's, however their success is based only on huge population sacrifices. Nothing more. It's just a meat grinder.

  • @mirkotorca1950
    @mirkotorca1950 8 місяців тому +1

    I dont wanna diminish the strength of Latvian army but Latvia alone couldnt stand a chance even against weakened Russia.

  • @mishaillich9728
    @mishaillich9728 8 місяців тому

    Europeans must understand that their line of defense starts in Ukraine, if Ukraine loses maybe a weak non-NATO country will suffer the consequences.

  • @johnakoro7883
    @johnakoro7883 8 місяців тому

    Don't air biased news please.... need to know from both sides of Ukrainian war

  • @mabra-mabra
    @mabra-mabra 8 місяців тому

    Baiklah, hal itu hanya untuk menambah pengetahuan bagi setiap kemanusiaan itu dalam melangkah untuk selanjutnya.karena keberadaan habitat iblis-iblis biadap itu sendiri telah berada di ujung tebing.

  • @ccoop2416
    @ccoop2416 8 місяців тому +15

    Great job Latvia Thanks for standing up to evil🇺🇦🥳🇺🇸🗽✌

  • @joshuacherian6718
    @joshuacherian6718 8 місяців тому +1

    Latvia be assured Russia wont attack . They were sucked into the Ukrainian war..

  • @s4eedm
    @s4eedm 4 місяці тому

    Couldn’t even say the word democracy…democrady

  • @hakiza-technologyltd.8198
    @hakiza-technologyltd.8198 8 місяців тому +1

    Hahahahaha... if Russia decides to engage a nato country , it will all be about a Hypersonic nuked war head missile ... make no mistake about that.

  • @fulltank360
    @fulltank360 8 місяців тому

    Simply overhyping to bring support for more military spending and profit defense firms...

  • @eimisavageofficial9196
    @eimisavageofficial9196 8 місяців тому +2

    Latvia appear like they care lol😂😂😂😂😂
    Inside they didn't any inch

  • @shavho
    @shavho 8 місяців тому

    Boosting 20 more soldiers 😂

    • @juusiperkele8547
      @juusiperkele8547 8 місяців тому

      You are playing around the population facts but this only means if you would concentrate all of the population for the war there would be more to be killed at one successful blast. Russia has huge population - thats true but almost half of it is over 50 y/o, then you can probably exclude majority of women and children. Sending actual people as meat shields is not a good strategy, therefore technology would play a huge role. 2 successful blasts to Moscow and St. Petersburg would already basically mean game over to Russia.

  • @danielbb8570
    @danielbb8570 8 місяців тому

    Nato members military in Latvia , but it great the Latvia people will fight for there country freedom, hopefully everything can calm , the media love caused issue and problems, Russia haven’t full invade ukriane , if Russia want attack nato would it do long time ago , uk should military service to the public

  • @ANIMATION_YT520
    @ANIMATION_YT520 8 місяців тому

    So what is the use of nato😅

    • @wc8246
      @wc8246 8 місяців тому

      The alternative to being prepared is being unprepared, being unprepared is not acceptable.

  • @ItsGiving798
    @ItsGiving798 8 місяців тому

    I'm getting tired of german government

  • @lonewarrior5827
    @lonewarrior5827 8 місяців тому

    Russia is not coming to Latvia.... stay neutral ..

    • @Andris-ml4oo
      @Andris-ml4oo 8 місяців тому +1

      We were neutral in 1940 too.

  • @peterjaniceforan3080
    @peterjaniceforan3080 8 місяців тому +5

    🇱🇻👍

  • @vladfedosov2723
    @vladfedosov2723 8 місяців тому

    😀

  • @louistan7560
    @louistan7560 8 місяців тому +1

    Latvia? How big is its army?😅

    • @WangMingGe
      @WangMingGe 8 місяців тому

      16,700 total active personnel. A smaller proportion of that are combat troops.

    • @supersardonic1179
      @supersardonic1179 8 місяців тому +5

      Rather sizeable considering they're combined with NATO

  • @barrywakeford1385
    @barrywakeford1385 8 місяців тому

    OH! GROW UP!!

    • @karliskokorevics6902
      @karliskokorevics6902 8 місяців тому

      Define "Grow up". Maybe your ancestors or you should experience being to siberia with your neighbors on cattle carts?

  • @marcosramos4596
    @marcosramos4596 8 місяців тому

    Nice kittle country, but still plenty of Soviet Apartments that need to be renovated outside of the Capital Riga

  • @El.presidente
    @El.presidente 8 місяців тому +1

    Cannon Fodder

  • @mabra-mabra
    @mabra-mabra 8 місяців тому

    Piagam lembaga besar telah menyatakan, bahwa tindakan agresi kedaulatan dalam bentuk apapun adalah kejahatan yang harus dimusnahkan!!...semejak lembaga itu berdiri, telah berapa kali piagam itu dilanggar tanpa pertanggungjawaban??.....nah konon lagi blok yang konyol itu!!

  • @matisslazdins8897
    @matisslazdins8897 6 місяців тому

    Dievs sveti Latvija !!!!!

  • @imatanyani
    @imatanyani 8 місяців тому +1

    Paranoia 😂😂😂

  • @antpoo
    @antpoo 8 місяців тому

    This comments section 😂😂😂

  • @daneurope9167
    @daneurope9167 8 місяців тому +2

    if uckraine falls this maybe next for the russian bear..or maybe moldovia..or estonia..russia is the most difficult neigbor ..the only way is to have nukes on your arsenal..

    • @TDaybreaker
      @TDaybreaker 8 місяців тому

      I think Lithuania is more likeble

    • @karliskokorevics6902
      @karliskokorevics6902 8 місяців тому

      ​@@TDaybreakerWhichever they start with, it ends with a war with NATO & EU

    • @TDaybreaker
      @TDaybreaker 8 місяців тому

      @@karliskokorevics6902 i know. But strategically Lithuania hold more importance

  • @dedyzee
    @dedyzee 8 місяців тому +1

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @WSOJ3
    @WSOJ3 8 місяців тому +4

    Why bother? I thought Russia ran out of weapons a year ago.

    • @eddgar-ce3md
      @eddgar-ce3md 8 місяців тому +5

      Iran, China, North Korea can supply Russia with more weapons.

  • @The.Curious
    @The.Curious 8 місяців тому +3

    More than anything else, it's a psychological exercise to make them feel empowered. If Russia really were to attack, this huuuge % of a mini population😉 trained to fight will play hardly any role. 100% depending on NATO, with or without all these measures.

    • @ebg7644
      @ebg7644 8 місяців тому +11

      Ya, coz 3-day military operation is going sooo well. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @The.Curious
      @The.Curious 8 місяців тому +1

      @ebg7644 Ever looked at the map and population stats of Latvia vs Ukraine? Only a complete fool would draw parallels between these two countries when estimating how a potential confrontation with Russia would unfold.

    • @TheRealBillBob
      @TheRealBillBob 8 місяців тому +2

      Latvia has a standing army of what? 17? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jungbolosse3034
      @jungbolosse3034 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@TheRealBillBobyou do cringe a lot seems to me you are worried😊😊😊

    • @juusiperkele8547
      @juusiperkele8547 8 місяців тому

      @@TheRealBillBob Там живет так много русских, потому что Советы принудительно депортировали местных жителей в сибирские ГУЛАГи и сделали русских дворянами.
      До Второй мировой войны в Латвии и Эстонии проживало всего около 5-10 процентов, а затем эта цифра выросла почти до 40.
      Это то же самое, что британцы сделали с коренными американцами, и в двух словах это называется геноцидом.

  • @abdulwahab-ib6co
    @abdulwahab-ib6co 8 місяців тому

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ittaaablir50
    @ittaaablir50 8 місяців тому

    Look at what happend to israel, do not trust those terrorist. Take care of your border. Do not be set comfortable.please take care of your border to avoid war.

  • @artemtkachenko5498
    @artemtkachenko5498 8 місяців тому +3

    Remember,
    Russia wants Peace, which means War!
    "War is Peace" - George Orwell

    • @afx88lexx
      @afx88lexx 8 місяців тому

      This is what Orwell wrote about Russia?)))

    • @lashlarue7924
      @lashlarue7924 8 місяців тому

      Right, Russia wants, "Russkiy Mir". Let me translate this for you: "Russkiy Mir" = "Peace because I have annexed you and you don't exist anymore, now there is peace." That is Russkiy Mir.

  • @classicart7084
    @classicart7084 8 місяців тому

    What a dodgy news ! 😢