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Estonian foreign minister and U.S. security experts urge tougher deterrence for NATO’s eastern flank
Summary
Testimony at a U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing warned of escalating Russian hybrid operations across Europe, cited airspace violations and sabotage, and urged stronger deterrence including permanent troop presences, sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector and measures against the "shadow fleet."
Margus Satna, identified in the transcript as the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Estonia, told the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe that Russia’s campaign against the West has intensified and that "Russia's full scale war against Ukraine is about to enter its fourth year." He recited a string of incidents — repeated airspace violations, a late‑2023 sabotage operation in Estonia, GPS jamming that disrupted civilian flights and the removal of border demarcation buoys on the Narva River — to argue the threat is broad and coordinated.
Seth Jones, who testified as an expert on Russian operations, told commissioners that sabotage, cyber operations and kinetic attacks targeting U.S. and allied interests have surged in…
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