FT: Estonia, Lithuania bordering Russia pledge 5% defense spending after Trump's "constructive pressure" - Euromaidan Press

FT: Estonia, Lithuania bordering Russia pledge 5% defense spending after Trump’s “constructive pressure”

Members of the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) take part in the Spring Storm exercises of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (ePF) force in Kadrina, Estonia on 19 May, 2023. The Spring Storm exercise that kicked off this week is the largest military exercise of the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) involving allied NATO forces.

“It is existential for us to have real war-fighting capabilities here,” said Lithuania’s foreign minister Kęstutis Budrys.