RIGA, Latvia (AN) – Carrying NATO and Swedish flags, 550 Swedish soldiers marched out of a ship at Riga Port, followed by combat vehicles with grenade launchers and armored troop carriers. The troops joined NATO's multinational brigade in Latvia earlier this year, swelling its ranks to 3,000.
Swedish ambassador to Latvia Karin Hölgund said Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022 compelled her country to end its 200 years of nonalignment and join NATO so it would be "on the right side of history."
