Latvia, NATO bordering Russia, announced to restore mandatory military service in the context of increasing tensions with Moscow for war in Ukraine.

Latvia's current military system has reached a limit.

Minister Pabriks said that Latvia's mandatory military service to men will take effect from the following year.

Members of Latvian National Guard Forces in Strenci in May. Photo: EPA.

The soldiers of Latvia National Guard Gatis Priede called this the best news and said that this decision should have been made after Russia merged Crimea in 2014.

Latvia abandoned the mandatory military service a few years after joining NATO in 2004. The country was less than 2 million people adjacent to Belarus and Russia, with 7,500 soldiers in the army with the national guards, with the support of 1,500

Russia and Latvia relations as well as the Baltic countries become tense after the conflict in Ukraine.

The Russian National Duma Vice President (Russian House of Representatives) Yevgeny Fedorov last month warned that he would consider and cancel the independent recognition of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to force these countries to leave NATO.

Latvia borders Lithuania (Lithuania) Russia and Belarus.

Russian officials said the country would consider canceling the recognition of independent platforms of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to force these countries to leave NATO.

Latvia, a member of the EU, approved the ban on Z and V the public in public because it considers it a symbol of supporting the Russian campaign in Ukraine.