“According to him, Europe is only at the start of the path to strengthen the general defense capability.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
According to him, Europe is only at the start of the path to strengthen the general defense capability.
Russia is a long -term threat / collage of UNIAN, photo Wikipedia, UA.depositphotos.comRussia is a sharp threat to “every prudent country”, and Europe is only at the very beginning of the way to restore its defense, Estonia Prime Minister Krystan Michal said. He called on NATO European allies to start jointly purchasing weapons and seize almost 200 billion euros of frozen Russian assets to finance the restoration of Ukraine.
Like Poland with its Baltic neighbors Lithuania and Latvia, Estonia has a common border with Russia and considers the Alliance’s ability to restrain Moscow from attacking the Eastern flank as a question of existence, The Times writes.
All four border countries plan to increase military expenses to more than 5% of GDP in the next two years and in parallel bring the fortifications along the borders with Russia and Belarus, including with the “wall of drones” with tens of thousands of sensors connected by one -time intelligence with antitrone systems.
After the Russian UAVs crossed the Polish border again and violated the air space of Estonia with the help of a Mi-8 military helicopter, Michal stated that many years of warnings of his country about Russian aggression were fully confirmed.
“Russia is an acute threat to Europe, to NATO, to every prudent country in the world. We were even considered a little paranoid when we talked about threats from Russia. But now everything we warned has become a reality,” he said.
Estonia emphasizes that Russian imperialism and aggression as a threat not only to its closest neighbors, but also to the whole alliance, as well as other regions of the world where Russian mercenaries tried to gain a foothold, for example, in Africa south of Sahara.
Michal suggested that if a peaceful agreement or the situation of “frozen conflict” is reached in Ukraine, tens of thousands of demobilized Russian soldiers can “split” and destabilize regions far beyond Europe – just as the Wagner private military company did.
Michal believes that Europe is still very far from the level of military power that is needed to restrain the Kremlin:
“Europe has to go a long way to become much stronger. We are still at the start now.”
He would also like European allies to combine resources and buy weapons together to reduce their value.
Other news about the consequences of Russian aggression against NATO countryEarlier, UNIAN reported the true purpose of the provocation of the Russian Federation. The invasion of Russian drones into Poland has hardly been an attempt to check NATO’s willingness to counteract such threats. It was part of the efforts of the Russian Federation to suppress Ukraine.
In addition, we also reported the US response to the event. In particular, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the conclusions are still too early. “There is no doubt that they were launched intentionally. The question was whether drones were aimed at flying to Poland,” the Secretary of State wondered.
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