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On March 27, 2026, Latvia's Minister of Defense Andris Sprūds and Oleksandr Potii, Head of Ukraine's State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection, signed a letter of intent on cooperation to establish a regional cybersecurity center in Ukraine. The cooperation project aims to strengthen Ukraine's cyber defense capabilities by promoting decentralization of its cybersecurity infrastructure and establishing a Regional Cybersecurity Center with a Security Operations Center (SOC) component in one of Ukraine's regions. Latvia will provide financial and technical support for this initiative. The project recognises that both nations face identical cyber threats from Russian-backed threat actors, creating mutual benefit: Ukraine gains Latvian expertise in securing information and communication technology infrastructure and international threat hunting operations, while Latvia benefits from Ukraine's practical experience in identifying and preventing Russian-sponsored cyber attacks. This letter of intent builds on existing bilateral cooperation. In August 2024, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a legal framework for mutual cyber defense cooperation, including information exchange on cyber threats, bilateral incident reporting channels, and collaboration in education, research, development and innovation. Latvia's National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) has already engaged with Ukrainian counterparts through the Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum, where Latvian representatives shared infrastructure security expertise and conducted practical threat hunting training for Ukrainian technical experts. Latvia's Ministry of Defense has provided financial support for the Forum for two consecutive years, demonstrating sustained commitment to strengthening Ukraine's cyber resilience and broader defense capabilities.