US EditionNausėda Says No Increased Threat After Estonia Closes Road Near Russian Border
Estonia closed a key border road after about 10 Russian soldiers were spotted nearby, with the closure aimed at ensuring public safety amid regional tensions.
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Estonia decided to close for several days a border road with Russia after seeing the appearance of "little green men", who had been seen in the past in Crimea some time before his death.
Estonian defense minister comments on recent appearance of armed Russian men near border
Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur has commented publicly for the first time on the recent closure of an Estonian road that briefly passes through Russia after a group of armed Russian men was spotted there last week.
As with the annexation of Crimea, on Friday, on the Russian-Estonian border, soldiers without badges of sovereignty appeared. Experts have long warned of a scenario with "small green males". Estonia in particular is considered a possible place for such an attack on Nato territory.
The first “green men,” as the area’s inhabitants call them, appeared on Friday and were deliberately filmed by the cameras of border guards. Estonian authorities have confirmed the presence of “small groups” of Russian soldiers on their border, without badges or flags, inevitably reminiscent of the first steps of the invasion of Crimea or the events on the Ukrainian border in 2014. “We think they were already coming, we live with that fear every…
Alert at the NATO border. Estonia now had to lock off an important connecting road that runs through Russian territory. Previously, unusual troop movements were detected in the region. Another provocation by Putin?
Estonian authorities have seen small green men at the border. ...
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