War in Ukraine: Russian Soldiers Reportedly Spotted on Estonian Border

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As with the annexation of Crimea, on Friday, on the Russian-Estonian border, soldiers without badges of sovereignty appeared. Experts have long warned of a scenario with "small green males". Estonia in particular is considered a possible place for such an attack on Nato territory.

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The first “green men,” as the area’s inhabitants call them, appeared on Friday and were deliberately filmed by the cameras of border guards. Estonian authorities have confirmed the presence of “small groups” of Russian soldiers on their border, without badges or flags, inevitably reminiscent of the first steps of the invasion of Crimea or the events on the Ukrainian border in 2014. “We think they were already coming, we live with that fear every…

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Alert at the NATO border. Estonia now had to lock off an important connecting road that runs through Russian territory. Previously, unusual troop movements were detected in the region. Another provocation by Putin?

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Estonian authorities have seen small green men at the border. ...

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Estonian bordermen observed on Friday some heavily armed soldiers without identification marks in the "Saatse-Bottle". There the road leads to the small village of Saatse for one kilometer over Russian territory. Further nothing happened – except that the Estonian authorities precautionaryly blocked the passage. Are the Baltic states acutely threatened? The incident fueled the debate about this question again.

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Estonia closed the stretch of road where Russia brought armed hooded men for about ten minutes. The display of gunmen also cut off teacher Elle Tikkopi's route between home and work.