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⚡️Latvian mayor injured in Russian strike while delivering aid in Ukraine. The mayor of the Latvian town of Ogre, Egils Helmanis was injured while delivering vehicles and other support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. https://t.co/qIlbseIgQT
🔴 Egils Helmanis, chairman of the municipal council of Ogre, Latvia, was wounded in a Russian shelling during a visit to Ukraine, according to Patriks Grīva, a spokesman for the municipality. https://t.co/8FWYUaie3y
🇱🇻🇺🇦 Ogre Mayor Egils Helmanis was injured in Russian shelling. He had come to Ukraine to deliver vehicles and other aid to the Defense Forces. 🙏 The Latvian is in stable condition. https://t.co/iSLWSsG8ZT
Egils Helmanis, mayor of the Latvian town of Ogre and chairman of its municipal council, was wounded on 16 July while delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine, according to municipal spokesman Patriks Grīva and Latvian public broadcaster LSM. Helmanis had brought around 20 vehicles and other supplies for the Ukrainian Armed Forces when Russian shelling struck the area he was visiting. He was taken to hospital and is reported to be in stable condition. The trip was the latest in a series of missions Helmanis has undertaken since 2022 to support Ukraine. Latvia, a NATO and EU member, has been a consistent backer of Kyiv, pledging annual military aid equal to 0.25 % of its GDP and recently sending 1,500 combat drones.
