Defense Minister Laanet: Estonia will send 100 troops to the Polish border
Estonia will send 100 troops to the Polish-Belarusian border crisis. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Estonia Kalle Laanet, reports ERR.
According to him, Tallinn is ready to assist the Poles in repelling the “hybrid attack” of Belarus, which uses refugees as an instrument of pressure on the European Union (EU). The head of the defense department added that the unit that will be sent to help the Polish military includes members of the Defense Forces and military police officers.
Also, the minister noted, Estonia will help Poland improve its intelligence capabilities and will transfer several drones to Warsaw … “We expect that when we need help, they will also help us,” Laanet said and recalled that Estonia was the first to support Lithuania in the summer, when the migration crisis was just beginning to flare up.
In early November, in the eastern At the turn of Belarus, the migration crisis worsened. Thousands of refugees from the Middle East approached the barriers at the border and tried to enter the territory of the European Union. The Polish security forces had to use additional forces to contain their pressure. After the incident, the General Staff of Belarus began checking.