![]() While the tank was on display in Riga, according to the Ministry of Defense, there was a lot of interest from the population. “This is a very clear confirmation that the Russian army is not invincible – despite all these threats and aggressive rhetoric that Russia has directed against Ukraine, the Baltic States, Latvia, the entire free Western world, it can be countered,” said the representative of the Ministry of Defense Kaspar Galkin. The Ministry of Defense said that the burned out tank is a symbolic message. The destroyed tank is an exhibit of the National Military History Museum of Ukraine, which has been contracted by the Latvian War Museum to display in Latvia for one year. A person, sitting on his sofa, does not understand what is happening,” says Kaspars from Liepāja. “I hadn’t seen what it looked like in real life, so I specially took a taxi and came to have a look. “It’s not the most pleasant feeling, because I know that the people inside are probably dead, but in general it is understandable why it is here, the political position is understandable, what is happening and why,” said Jānis from Liepāja. In particular, this tank, which can be seen in Liepāja, was destroyed almost exactly a year ago by Ukrainian defenders in the Kyiv region near the city of Buča, when its ammunition compartment was hit. Russian tanks “T-72B” were intensively produced in the 70s of the last century and, as informed by the Ministry of Defense of Latvia, they are currently the most frequently used tank model in the Russian armed forces. Liepaja residents are very interested in it, but the opinions of the surveyed residents about displaying a tank destroyed in battles in Latvian cities differ. From Monday, March 27, in Liepāja, on the Old Port promenade, a Russian tank destroyed by the Ukrainian armed forces, which was already on display in Riga before that, will be on display.
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