Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Salo tried to "stay" in Latvia after visiting a NATO base, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Russian law enforcement agencies. "During the visit of the Ukrainian delegation to the NATO military base in the city of Adze in Latvia, Lt. Col. Roman Salo stayed at the military base, after protocol events that included exchange of experience, instructor-methodological classes and the awarding of Ukrainian military personnel, at the military base, where he tried to stay and get a job as an instructor." said an interlocutor of the agency. According to Russian security officials, Salo returned to Ukraine after the intervention of the State Security Service of Latvia, whose employees warned the colonel that they would contact his command if he continued to be in Latvian territory.