Estonia is ready to close its border with Russia due to a "hybrid attack" with migrants
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Estonian Foreign Minister Markus Tsahkna warns of a possible closure of the border with Russia amid a growing influx of migrants, describing it as a hybrid attack by Moscow
the significant surge in the number of migrants arriving at the EU's eastern border is part of a "blatant hybrid attack" organized by Moscow, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said, warning that Estonia is ready to close its border with Russia. His statement was distributed by the country's foreign ministry on November 29, writes UNN.
What is happening on the border with Finland is nothing more than a blatant hybrid attack carried out by Russia, aimed at sowing anxiety and instability and trying to put pressure on us by using people as weapons,
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Tsakhkna stated that "Estonia is ready to close its border with Russia and defend itself against any hybrid attacks." The growing crisis, he added, is "another proof that Russia is fighting not only in Ukraine."; instead, it poses a threat to other countries with its hybrid attacks."
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Estonian interior minister Lauri Laanemec has previously stated that the government plans to deal with a potential increase in border crossings after Finland closed all its checkpoints with Russia on Tuesday, accusing the Kremlin of trying to fuel a migrant crisis. Helsinki, as Politico notes , argues that Moscow's "influence activity" is intended to retaliate for the Northern Country's decision to join NATO after a full-scale war in Ukraine.
while the Kremlin denies the charges, many accuse its ally Belarus of using the same tactics against Poland and Lithuania in 2021.
