Ukraine Crisis: A Two Meter Wall Still Isn’t Enough
Lesson Brief
PolitNews24
Since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, the Baltic States have been expressing their fear of a similar incursion by Russia's "Little Green Men." Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland have all asked for a great NATO presence in the region. It was announced in August that Estonia was going to build a fence along a portion of the border with Russia in order to help prevent Russian security services from crossing the border. Earlier this year Russian security services allegedly kidnapped an Estonian security agent from the Estonian side of the border.
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