Russia used “People’s Republic” branding to precede occupation in Ukraine. Now it’s appearing in NATO-member Estonia.
Flags, mock insignia, and a Telegram network – the campaign mirrors early Donetsk and Luhansk messaging.
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Four Ukrainian combat veterans sent to NATO drills ended up teaching 13 armies how drone war actually works
New details from Hedgehog 2025 show Ukraine's Nemesis crew improvised everything — because nobody on NATO's side had a plan.
Russia threatens to aim nukes at Estonia—then claims it’s “not a threat”
Tallinn signals openness to nuclear debate—Moscow responds with targeting rhetoric.
Estonia refuses to broadcast Paralympics with Russian athletes under national flag amid war — calls IPC decision “disgrace”
Meanwhile, Poland won't attend opening ceremony: "completely unacceptable" to allow Russian flags at Paralympics.
Sweden’s intelligence name Russia main military threat as drone incursions and sabotage mount
Two Nordic intelligence services in two weeks have reached the same conclusion: Russia is the Baltic region's most serious military threat.
“We are f—”: 10 Ukrainians with drones wipe out two NATO battalions in war game
Estonia's Hedgehog 2025 exercise used Ukraine's Delta system for the first time on NATO soil.
Russian shell production reaches 7 million annually, 17 times pre-invasion levels – Estonian intelligence
While Russian diplomats talked peace, Russian factories produced 7 million artillery rounds in 2025 - up from 400,000 four years earlier - and began replenishing strategic stockpiles depleted in the first two years of the war against Ukraine, Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service reports
Estonian intelligence: Russia won’t attack NATO this year but fears European rearmament
Moscow has no intention of attacking NATO countries in the near term as European defense measures force Russia to "carefully calculate its actions," Estonia's intelligence chief Kauppo Rosin told journalists while presenting the agency's annual assessment.
Ukraine pushes EU to blacklist Russian combatants following Estonia’s lead
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha has called on the EU to implement an entry ban for Russian citizens who participated in the war against Ukraine
Estonian FM Tsahkna opens resilience center in Kyiv as part of 2.4 mn euro energy support package
Margus Tsahkna announced the facility will provide shelter during Russian-induced blackouts, part of Estonia's 2.4 mn euro energy support package, and presented additional energy assistance during a Kyiv press conference without specifying details.
Baltic leaders call on Europe to claim its seat at Russia-Ukraine peace talks
Latvia's PM and Estonia's president say Europe must stop watching from the sidelines and get its own representative into the room where the war's future is being shaped.
Europe scrambles to ship generators to Ukraine as thousands of Kyiv families remain without heat three days after Russian strikes
International partners delivered backup energy equipment totaling over 145 MW in a single week, while over 230 repair crews battle to restore heating knocked out during Russia's overnight attack on 3 February.
A small Baltic capital just gave away its emergency supplies — because Ukraine needed them more
Tallinn pulled dozens of generators and diesel heat guns from its own strategic stockpiles and sent them to Zhytomyr Oblast, where repeated Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have created a dire situation this winter.
Estonia prepares drone and counter-drone package for Ukraine after massive Russian air attack
Defense chiefs discussed joint weapons production in Estonia.
Honeytrap empire: Epstein files reveal deep ties to Belarusian and Russian individuals, including an FSB-trained business advisor
3 million pages document FSB contacts, sanctioned bank transfers, and channels to the Kremlin
Denmark gives most to Ukraine relative to GDP — US lags behind (INFOGRAPHIC)
Baltic and Nordic states dominate the top of the rankings, with Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Sweden all committing over 1.4% of their economies to Ukrainian defense.
Estonia and Lithuania support ban on entry to Schengen area for Russians who fought against Ukraine
Foreign ministers from Estonia and Lithuania have expressed mutual support for a proposal to prohibit Russian citizens who served in the war against Ukraine from entering the Schengen zone, with both countries citing long-term security threats including potential use in sabotage and organized crime
Estonia stripped of 2026 European Fencing Championships hosting rights over ban on Russian athletes
France takes over tournament five months before start
Estonia mulls missile shield against Russian Iskanders. Patriots might not make cut
From hundreds of millions to over a billion, Tallinn’s multi-scenario budgeting hints at a historic expansion of the country’s air and missile defense.
Ban lifted: Helsinki’s landmine treaty withdrawal now officially active
Finland is the latest country to abandon the landmine treaty, following similar decisions by its neighbors that also border Russia, as Moscow threatens the security of them all.