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My messages before today’s
summit and #EUCO EU leaders’ meeting via
on how to contain the Kremlin’s aggression, support #Ukraine and go an extra mile in our own defence.
Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Estonia. Putin Can’t Think He’s Won This War.
At NATO, our focus should be simple.

Our focus should be simple: Putin cannot win this war. He cannot even think he has won. There can be no return to “business as usual”. Only “no business at all.” Some proposals on what a long-term policy of smart containment should entail:
7:19 AM · Mar 24, 2022·Twitter for Android



Redouble our efforts to support the people of Ukraine however possible. Defensive military aid to Ukraine must be the top priority. This means weapons and matériel, including anti-tank missiles and longer-range air defense assets to better protect their skies.
7:19 AM · Mar 24, 2022·Twitter for Android
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Show the aggressor that we are ready to defend ourselves and, if need be, to fight. We need to strengthen our defence, collectively and individually. 2% of GDP on defense spending must become an absolute minimum requirement.
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… go from forward presence to forward defence. This means more combat-ready allied troops stationed permanently in the Baltic States, supported by long-range artillery, air defense and other enabling capabilities.
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Paralyze Putin’s war machine. Oil and gas are at its heart. This is what I’ll propose at today’s #EUCO: we should set up a special third-party account to prevent revenues from going towards financing the war. A significant share would go to future reconstruction plan for.
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All countries should do as much as they can to provide a safe haven for Ukrainian refugees until they can return home. Moscow may think it will destabilise our societies. This is also part of its war aims and one of the tools of his hybrid warfare. We must show him he’s wrong.
