The Latvian Ministry of Transport is proposing to remove the names of cities in Russia and Belarus from road signs throughout the country, following a significant public demand and political pressure arising from the ongoing war in Ukraine. There are currently over 200 such signs on national roads, with the correction and replacement of these signs estimated to cost around 120,000 euros. Municipalities will be responsible for changing signs along local roads at their own expense, although only a few roads in the Rēzekne and Daugavpils areas are affected by this change.

The Latvian authorities, including the Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD), have explained that the removal of these signs does not pose any traffic safety risks. The decision to initiate this change comes after a lengthy deliberation period where various stakeholders, including the public, political figures, and institutions like the EU, evaluated the situation following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. Tālivaldis Vectirāns, the director of the Traffic Department at the Ministry of Transport, indicated that there was initially a lack of understanding of the war's severity and implications by both the government and the public, which contributed to the delay in addressing this issue.