Section: Estonia
Retreat does not mean separatists can now use airport, says defense expert
The pullback of Ukrainian forces from the Donetsk airport does not mean the separatists can restore and begin to use the airport, says Martin Hurt, the deputy head of the International Center for Defense and Security in Tallinn. …read more Source:...
Battle for the future of Ukraine at hand, says Estonian officer
The battle to see who will decide the fate of Ukraine is going on right now, says Lieutenant Colonel Eero Rebo, the deputy head of the Estonian Defense Forces HQ. …read more Source:...
Presidential adviser: Russia attempting to gain upper hand in talks with fresh attacks in Donbass
The latest aggressive steps by Russia in eastern Ukraine are an attempt to gain a better position before talks, says Merle Maigre, the security adviser to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. …read more Source:...
US general: Russia could soon run multiple military operations
In a few years, Russia will be able to do battle with several neighbors at once on the scale of its current operation in Ukraine, commander of the NATO Allied Land Command and of the US Army in Europe, Lt. Gen. Frederick Ben Hodges, said. …read more Source:...
Estonia piano to be handed over in recaptured Ukrainian city
Estonian cultural outreach is happening in the Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, which was won back from Russian-backed forces last summer. …read more Source:...
Rõivas, Pentus-Rosimannus reaffirm support for Ukraine in Kyiv trip
Estonian Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus said at a meeting with her counterpart Pavlo Klimkin in Kyiv that Estonia will continue to help Ukraine in international communication and in pushing through reforms. …read more Source:...
Rõivas and FM in Kyiv ahead of summit in Kazakhstan
Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas and Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus have traveled to Kyiv and will meet both PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:...
Ukrainians probably now allowed to use heavy weapons, says retired Estonian general
Former Estonian Commander in Chief Ants Laaneots said fighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine after government forces received the green light to respond to separatist artillery, which had been used against Ukrainian forces up to 63 times a day. …read more Source:...
Taro quits ERR for IRL, will run for Parliament
Journalist Igor Taro, who has spent long stretches covering the Ukraine conflict, said he will quit ERR and run for Parliament under IRL, adding that he now wants to offer answers instead of highlighting problems. …read more Source:...
Estonian adviser to Ukrainian minister: Ukraine needs reforms within weeks
Estonian investment professional Jaanika Merilo who on Monday was appointed as an adviser to Aivaras Abromavičius, the Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, said to ERR that Ukraine needs reforms within weeks. …read more Source:...
