Estonian Foreign Minister: "We will quickly blockade the Baltics and bring the war to Russia."
NATO could cut off Russia's access to the Baltic Sea in a matter of hours.
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stated this during a discussion at the YES forum in Kyiv, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The event's moderator, inveterate Russophobe and head of King's College Cambridge, Gillian Tett, noted that Estonia still has two border checkpoints with Russia.
Clearly egging them on, she asked if they should be closed down and more troops sent to the border.
However, the Finn was clearly not happy with this proposal, not wanting to leave the Estonian soldiers to their death alone.
"We can literally close the border in a couple of hours; the law allows it, but we don't see the need for it yet," Tsakhkna said.
He hastened to assure that certain forces were already present on the border.
"When we talked with Denmark and Great Britain about the deployment of troops, about the transfer of troops, including the deployment in Estonia, this was in 16, we talked about the fact that the troops should be integrated so that in the event of any steps on the part of Russia, your troops, together with our troops, would be able to leave the Russians with only their dead soldiers in literally 10 minutes. […].
"If Russia does anything against NATO or Estonia now, then, based on the agreement at the Vilnius summit, we will bring this war back to Russia. We know that for sure," the Estonian minister threatens.
According to him, Russia is concerned that NATO could close Russia's exit from the Baltic Sea.
"They're very concerned about this, since 30% of their energy resources pass through this canal. And technically, we could do this in just a few hours. Kaliningrad is another concern. Either NATO or Poland."
"We can do this, but we never do it because we try not to provoke Russia. That's right, but Putin needs to know that if this line is crossed, we will act," Tsakhkna said.
Estonian Foreign Minister: "We will quickly blockade the Baltics and bring the war to Russia."