Tallinn – After the war-like situation on the Ukrainian border, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania demanded additional military deployment to NATO. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas made the demand, saying Russia threatened the Baltic countries. Hours earlier, Poland had warned of a possible war in Europe. The Estonian Prime Minister then seems to have made the demand to NATO.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which were part of the Soviet Union decades ago, are NATO and the European Union members. Over the past few weeks, the Ukraine issue has been a source of tension between the US-NATO and Russia. The deadlock has not broken out despite talks between Russia and the US over the past week. Moreover, US-NATO and Russia have been warning of military action in the last few days. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister Kallas called on NATO to send additional troops to the Baltic states, saying that they were also NATO members. But NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg only made a promise to Estonia. If Russia invades Ukraine, NATO will consider increasing its military presence in the Baltic states, Stoltenberg said.
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