"Deepest condolences to the family and comrades in arms of the Latvian volunteer soldier Vitalijs Šampins, who fell in Ukraine. He fought for the freedom of Ukraine and Latvia. Eternal memory to the hero!" Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/26.08.2026-latvian-volunteer-soldier-killed-in-ukraine.a660454/