{"id":1227,"date":"2023-08-29T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1227"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"latvian-troops-training-to-block-roads-near-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1227\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvian troops training to block roads near Belarus&#8217; border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 29,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;The Latvian army conducted a roadblock drill near the border with Belarus on August 28,&nbsp;<em>LSM.lv<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eng.lsm.lv\/article\/society\/defense\/29.08.2023-roadblock-military-drills-near-latvia-belarus-border-monday.a521875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soldiers practiced stopping an enemy approach by placing concrete blocks and barbed wire on the road and setting up roadblocks. The drill took about an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took place at the A6 motorway surrounded by water obstacles, said J\u0101nis Svilpe, commander of the 35th Infantry Battalion of the Latvian National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the same day, interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic States agreed on criteria to close their borders with Belarus. These include an armed incident or other serious incidents threatening their national security, as well as a surge in illegal migration from Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 29,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;The Latvian army conducted a roadblock drill near the border with Belarus on August 28,&nbsp;LSM.lv&nbsp;reported. Soldiers practiced stopping an enemy approach by placing concrete blocks and barbed wire on the road and setting up roadblocks. The drill took about an hour. 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