“Russia wants to show Estonia that “it is next” through provocations on the border – The Telegraph On the Estonian border, the Russian Federation arranges weekly provocations, including the appearance of an airship with a Z sign and smuggling attempts. During the year, the number of border incidents increased from 18 to 96.”, — write on: unn.ua
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In particular, an airship was recently spotted on the Russian-Estonian border, to which Estonia did not react at first. However, the next day, the Russians escalated and painted their half-swastika on the airship – the letter Z. It is a certain symbol of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
According to the Director General of the Estonian Police, Egert Belichev, the Russians stage such minor provocations almost every week.
“This was deliberately made visible to everyone in order to say: ‘We are watching you,'” Belichev said.
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According to the Estonian border guards, the tension on the border with the Russian Federation has increased sharply in recent months. This happened due to the fact that the Russians began to resort more often to protest actions against the West, attempts to smuggle spare parts for weapons, jamming GPS signals. Russia is sending waves of migrants from Asia across the border and sinister drone pranks like the one mentioned above.
Two years ago we had 18 border incidents, and this year – 96. We see constant attempts to destabilize the situation,
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Since August 8, Estonia has introduced increased customs control at all checkpoints with Russia. The goal is to prevent the importation of sanctioned goods, including military items and cash.