An Estonian official told Breaking Defense that his government is “seriously” discussing putting troops in Ukraine. Those soldiers would be put away from the frontlines and relieve Ukrainian troops of non-combat roles, he said. Estonia has around 4,200 active-duty soldiers, with a core reservist call-up of 38,000 more people. Estonia has been “seriously” discussing sending troops […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s national carrier Finnair said Monday it is temporarily suspending flights to Estonia’s second largest city for a month after two of its planes were prevented from landing in Tartu because of GPS disruptions. The cause of the GPS interference that forced the two flights to return to Helsinki last Thursday […]
Estonia and Lithuania say they support Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy to become the next NATO secretary general. “After thorough discussions, we are certain that Mark Rutte is prepared to take measures to strengthen the alliance and that Estonia can support his ambitions,” the Foreign Ministry in Tallinn announced on Tuesday. Prime Minister Kaja […]
Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has said the Ukraine conflict has shown what might have happened to his country had it not joined NATO 20 years ago. “It cannot be ruled out that without NATO membership our independence would now be at risk,” Tsahkna said on Friday on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of […]
Top Estonian officials announced the detention of 10 likely Russian agents; they are believed to be members of an agent network that acted on Russian special services’ instructions. Source: Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, as reported by European Pravda Quote: “Estonia has successfully stopped a hybrid operation by Russia’s security […]
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s domestic security agency said on Tuesday that it had apprehended 10 people suspected of sabotage and of spreading fear and creating tension within the Baltic country in a coordinated “hybrid operation” by Russia’s special services. Among the suspects — detained between December and February — are individuals believed to have broken […]
The U.S. will transfer confiscated Russian funds to Estonia to be used in support of Ukraine, the Justice Department announced Saturday. The nearly $500,000 sum was secured from “an illegal procurement network attempting to import into Russia a high-precision, U.S.-origin machine tool with uses in the defense and nuclear proliferation sectors,” according to a DOJ […]
Russian forces are likely planning to double their forces on borders with members of the western security alliance NATO, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service said in a new report. The report says that Russia is planning to create a new corps, which can include up to 45,000 troops, at NATO’s borders in northern Europe. As […]
Estonia’s prime minister has been put on a wanted list in Russia because of her efforts to remove Soviet-era monuments in the Baltic nation, officials have said as tensions between Russia and the West soar amid the war in Ukraine. The name of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas appeared on the Russian Interior Ministry’s list of […]
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s prime minister has been put on a wanted list in Russia because of her efforts to remove Soviet-era World War II monuments in the Baltic nation, officials said Tuesday as tensions between Russia and the West soar amid the war in Ukraine. The name of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas appeared […]
Ukraine and Estonia have agreed to start negotiations on a bilateral security agreement “as soon as possible,” Ukraine’s Presidential Office reported following a meeting between Ukrainian Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva and Estonian Deputy Foreign Minister Kyllike Sillaste-Elling on Feb. 7. The agreement would aim to provide Ukraine with “effective security guarantees” […]
Metropolitan Yevgeniy of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate will be leaving Estonia on Feb. 7 after the Estonian government did not extend his residence permit in January 2023, the ERR public broadcaster reported on Feb. 6, citing comments the Metropolitan made to Estonian authorities. Estonian authorities have accused Metropolitan Yevgeniy of public […]