“In Ukraine, a volunteer from Latvia Nikita Tarenov, who wore a “Latvian,” was killed in war against the Russian Federation. Source: LSM, European Truth Details: Information on the death of Taranov Latvian television was confirmed by a source close to the fighter.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: LSM, “European Truth”
Details: Information on the death of Tarenov with Latvian television was confirmed by a source close to the fighter.
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A spokeswoman for Latvia Foreign Affairs Diana Eglita said that the Latvian Embassy in Ukraine has not yet had a formal confirmation of Tarenov’s death.
The Ministry of Defense also awaits official information from the Ukrainian authorities, but noted that Tarenov has not previously served in the National Armed Forces of Latvia.
The Ukrainian organization “Centuria” reported that on May 14, 2025 in the Kharkiv direction “Latviets” was injured in the battle during a successful reflection of the enemy offensive. In the process of evacuation, together with his comrades, he died as a result of a blow of a hostile drone.
From the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia, this is the third Latvian volunteer who died in the battles for Ukraine.
We will remind, in January during the fighting in Ukraine a volunteer from Latvia Edgar Platonov was killed.
In April, it became known about the death of volunteers from Lithuania Thomas Valentlis.