Latvian MP Joins Foreign Fighters In Ukraine

Ukraine War: The Latvia justice minister said MP Juris Jurass has joined the "fighters for freedom" in Ukraine, and that it was his "personal decision".

Latvian member of parliament Juris Jurass has joined the fight against Russian forces in Ukraine, his party said on Tuesday.

Jurass, 46, heads parliament's Legal Affairs Committee.

"He is in Ukraine. He has joined the fighters for freedom in Ukraine. That was his personal decision, and I fully respect it," Janis Bordans, justice minister and chairman of the New Conservative Party, part of the governing coalition, told news agency Reuters.

Bordans declined to provide more information for safety reasons.