Estonia’s Kallas Warns of Existential Russian Threat to Baltics
- NATO’s tripwire concept is outdated, the prime minister said
- Bucha massacres seen as turning point for NATO strategy
Kaja Kallas
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Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas warned of the grave consequences of any future Russian aggression in the Baltics ahead of an important NATO summit next week.
Speaking to journalists in Tallinn on Wednesday, Kallas said NATO’s “tripwire” strategy for defending the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, under which allies would arrive with reinforcements only after a Russian invasion and take back territory, was outdated after the war in Ukraine.