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The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered first losses in Latvia. A bus with Ukrainian military crashed into a truck near the border of Latvia and Estonia. The accident claimed life of at least one person.
The accident took place near the city of Ainazhi on the evening of Novemebr 27. The bus with Ukrainian servicemen got into the accident on its way to Estonia.
The bus driver was killed on the spot and 26 passengers were injured. Ten of them were hospitalized, including three of them being in serious condition.
There is also an Estonian serviceman among the injured. The accident was confirmed by the Estonian Defense Ministry.
“They are provided with the necessary medical care, there are no threats to their lives. Diplomats also interact with law enforcement officers to find out the causes of the accident,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine commented on the incident.
Officials of either side did not clarify why the Ukrainian servicemen were moving through the territory of Latvia and what was the purpose of their deployment in Estonia. Earlier, some media reported that some of the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be deployed on the Russian-Estonian border in order to increase its security. However, there are still no official statements confirming these reports.
The Ukrainian servicemen involved in the accident were likely training abroad by foreign military instructors. Tens of thousands of soldiers of the AFU are trained on a permanent basis in the countries of the European Union, including Estonia and Latvia. Brussels has allocated about 16 million euros for ammunition for training alone as part of the EUBAM Ukraine mission.
Oh well. Shit happens when the pile of NATO poo is disturbed.
Cheap baltic vodka rulezzzz.
Still : better as going back to ̶V̶i̶e̶t̶-̶N̶a̶m̶ : Ukraine.