Volunteer numbers are at a record high amid fears Latvia might be Russia's next target, but the draft is controversial.
RIGA, Latvia (AN) – Freedom no longer seems guaranteed since Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, at least not for Latvian national Krišjānis Kaļāns. That's why Kaļāns opted for an olive drab army uniform instead of a business suit immediately after his university graduation.
Kaļāns volunteered for the Latvian army in 2023, enrolling in an artillery unit for 11 months. That same year, Latvia's government reinstated compulsory military service for all men, aged 18 to 27, born since 2004.
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