The Latvian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Latvian military personnel were sent to Ukraine to perform "

The ministry emphasized that the Latvian military does not participate in hostilities. The Ministry of Defense did not specify how many soldiers are in Ukraine and did not disclose the details of their service..

The ministry refused in principle to comment on the information about the leak of US intelligence documents, since, according to them, "

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Previously, secret Pentagon documents got into the network, one of which said that there were military personnel from Great Britain (50 people), Latvia (17 people), France (15 people), the USA (14 people) and the Netherlands (one person) in Ukraine.

What exactly they do in Ukraine was not specified in the document..

Russian propaganda picked up on this information and claims that it is proof that "

Experts noted that the documents that got into the network were partially edited. Among other things, they overestimated the number of Ukrainians who died in the war and underestimated the data on the losses of the Russian army.. It is also possible that the documents could have been published as part of a disinformation campaign..