In Estonia, nearly 1,700 reserve soldiers have been called up for the additional training camp Okas 2021, which will be held November 17-25, reported on Wednesday government of the country… As part of the exercise, they will also begin to erect temporary barriers on the border with Russia.
The Estonian Cabinet of Ministers stressed that the fees concern the personnel of the 17th and 27th engineer battalions, as well as the reservists of the 191st and 291st intelligence companies. It is indicated that the exercises are being conducted to test combat readiness and assess the effectiveness of the management chain.
In turn, the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board added that as part of the collection, temporary barriers will be installed on the eastern border of the country.
“One of the tasks of the additional training camp“ Okas 2021 ”on the eastern border will be the installation of temporary barriers with a total length of up to 40 km. Cutting wire fences will be installed in no more than ten places where, according to the Police and Border Guard Board, the risk of illegal border crossing is higher, ”the statement says. message…
According to the general director of the department, Elmar Vaher, the events in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland related to the migration crisis require strengthening of the border infrastructure. At the same time, he pointed out that the installation of wire fences is a temporary solution, adding that the construction of the state border will continue at an accelerated pace, since it is extremely important to prevent mass migration.
“According to security experts, migration pressure as a method of hybrid warfare will be used for years, and to prevent and suppress this, not only physical barriers are needed, but also the entire infrastructure with monitoring equipment,” Wachter said.
Earlier, on November 15, it was reported that the State Security Commission of the Estonian government proposed to strengthen the border with Russia with the help of a temporary barbed wire fence.
The crisis on the border of Belarus with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland escalated sharply on November 8 due to the increased flow of migrants. Several thousand people approached the Polish border from the Belarusian side. Some tried to break through the fences, others organized camps and remained in the border zone.
The EU countries blame Minsk for the incident. Great Britain, the United States and the EU states on November 12 agreed that the Belarusian authorities had artificially created a migration crisis.
According to the country’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, the purpose of this attack is to create chaos in the European Union. He also expressed confidence that the current events are part of Russia’s policy, which allegedly stands behind the actions of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that the accusations of Russia’s involvement in the situation on the border of Poland and Belarus are “an attempt to shift problems from a sore head to a healthy one.” He also called on countries to deal with their own internal problems, and not pass on their own issues to others.
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