Putin’s Hybrid War Opens a Second Front on NATO’s Eastern Border
Destabilizing operations have intensified across the Baltic Sea region. However much they prepare, governments concede they remain one step behind.
The Russia-Estonia frontier at Narva has long been a flashpoint for tensions.
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Shortly after midnight, several masked men in boats began removing orange navigational aids on the Narva River that separates Estonia from Russia — a watercourse which demarcates the extent of NATO’s reach.
Even that late in the day it’s twilight in northern Europe at the end of May, leaving the Russian border guards who were working to lift the markers clearly visible to the watching Estonian authorities.