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Putin stepping up hybrid war on Latvia because he’s ‘losing in Ukraine’, PM Kulbergs says
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Latvia's Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs has told Euronews that Russia and Belarus are intensifying their hybrid war against the Baltic state as Russia's President Vladimir Putin looks to divert attention from losses on the battlefield in Ukraine.
"We're being tested," Prime Minister Kulbergs told Euronews' morning show,Europe Today.
Since 2021, Belarus' President Aliaksandr Lukashenka has been luring in migrants from the Middle East and Africa and busing them to the border with Poland and Baltic states.
Asked why Russia and Belarus seemed to be singling out his country, Kulbergs responded: "Because he's losing in Ukraine, simple.
Watch the full interview with Prime Minister Kulbergs in the video player above and across all Euronews platforms.