NATO activates Phase 1 alert for Spanish troops in Latvia, which implies that they would be able to deploy on the ground in a period of between 5 and 7 days. “This is still a dissuasive phase,” explains Alberto D. Prieto, deputy director of El Español, in Al Rojo Vivo.
For the day to day of the ya almost 500 Spanish soldiers on the ground it means an increase in tactical and coordination training with the rest of NATO forces. Thus, they have already begun to practice the tactical exercise ‘Crystal Arrow’. “They are essential for it to be true that we can deploy in less than a week,” explain military sources quoted by El Español.
A NATO announcement that coincides with the visit of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to the Spanish troops deployed at the Adazi base in Latvia. Sánchez has transmitted to the troops that both Spain and the European Union and the international community have the objective of “safeguarding peace and that there is no escalation of war”. In addition, he has expressed his pride in their professionalism and dedication.
About a third of the almost 3,000 soldiers that Spain has deployed on missions abroad are concentrated on the eastern border of European area in which the Armed Forces have been present for years but which is going through a moment of maximum tension since Russia began the invasion of Ukraine.
The multinational battalions deployed since 2017 in Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania arose in response to the Russian use of military force against Ukraine in 2014.
Source: Lasexta
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