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Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas fears that a possible Russian invasion could completely destroy the Baltic republics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). In an interview with the Financial Times, Kaia Kallas emphasized that the Kremlin’s attack on three territories “would mean the complete destruction of countries and cultures.” To express his point of view, he referred to the “size of Ukraine” compared to the “three Baltic countries”.
Kaja Kallas noted that Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, “would be completely wiped off the face of the earth” under a possible Russian invasion scenario, as well as the culture and people of the country, destroying “age-old history and culture.”
To avoid such a scenario, the Estonian Prime Minister urged NATO is increasing its military presence in the three Baltic republics. A military alliance cannot adopt a strategy of first “losing” and then “liberating” the territories occupied by Russia, an example of which is the massacre in Bucha, which took place 80 days after the invasion of Ukraine began. “Everyone sees that this concept does not work,” indicated.
In addition, Kaja Kallas indicated that she had spoken to foreign soldiers currently in Estonia and said that the soldiers told her that in the event of an invasion of Russia, the most likely scenario would be to destroy them due to the lack of military support. “They don’t like the idea that [provavelmente] would have been killed.”
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Not all forces in the three Baltic countries have to be foreign, notes the Estonian prime minister, who also noted that there will be brigades of soldiers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Kaja Kallas also spoke in favor of Finland and Sweden joining NATO. Estonia is the “biggest supporter” of the two Nordic countries joining a military alliance, although the prime minister does not believe the issue will be resolved before the NATO summit in Madrid next week due to Turkey’s veto.
