Estonia, a small Baltic state in which a pro-Russian minority lives, fears that she is the next goal of Vladimir Putin and has its allies to resist. The former Soviet Republic, now a member of the European Union and NATO, borders Russia, whose vast territory extends 11 time fuses.
Estonia, a small Baltic state in which a pro-Russian minority lives, fears that she is the next goal of Vladimir Putin and has its allies to resist. The former Soviet Republic, now a member of the European Union and NATO, borders Russia, whose vast territory extends 11 time fuses.
The magazine The epress This week says that protection is strengthened on the border on the Estonian side. The iron railings prevent the forced passage from a vehicle, but not the entry of an army in case of aggression. Above all, the country deals with the arrival of illegal immigrants, which the border authorities believe that it is a matter of time.
Victim of a large -scale Russian Cyberata in 2007, Estonia met Moscow’s skills. The capital Tallinn is preparing to respond to a possible military invasion, as happened in Ukraine.
During the wait, Estonia organizes its armed forces. The country has 4,000 soldiers and 20,000 reservists. The fear is that, in the case of a ceased the fire with Ukraine, Vladimir Putin looks at the Eastern side of NATO, where the Baltic countries are the most vulnerable part.
Estonia also has a paramilitary defense alloy, created in 1918, at the time of the independence of the country, which is responsible for regional protection in the case of war and some security missions in the cities. It allows you to double the number of fighters in the country and has a fame defense unit to cyber attacks. They are men and women ready to fight voluntarily for their country.
After being incorporated into the former Soviet Union (USSR) in 1940, Estonia recovered its independence in 1991. The country that sought neutrality after the Second World War, today evaluates that it was a historical error. The commitment with Europe and NATO derives from the desire to never be isolated.
Estonia believes in the economic development and prosperity generated by relations with other European countries and the protection of the Atlantic military alliance, which has joined in 2004. What guarantees the confidence of the Estons is the article 5 of NATO. He says that an aggression for a state belonging to the alliance is considered an attack on everyone and will not be unanswered.
Together with Poland, Estonia will invest 5% of the GDP in defense, as the United States asked, tired of paying most of the account for the shares of the military alliance. Washington’s reaffirmation on the United States commitment to NATO’s collective defense reassured the Balkan countries after Donald Trump has held doubts about the recitation of the United States in defense of the European Championships.
Estonia has the plan to build bunkers along the Russian border, already looked at by cameras every 30 meters and will soon receive the reinforcement of the drones. Joint military operations with NATO countries allow air surveillance using foreign fighters, including French rafale models.
Source: Terra
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