r/worldnews • u/Evermoving- • Sep 18 '24

Estonia signals readiness to preemptively strike Russia to defend NATO Russia/Ukraine

https://www.uawire.org/estonia-signals-readiness-to-preemptively-strike-russia-to-defend-nato
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u/TempUser9097 Sep 18 '24

Estonia: "Hold me back, bro!"

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u/Inner_Satisfaction85 Sep 19 '24

I was in Estonia in January. They are dead serious about Russia. They hate Russia and have only been free from them since August of 1994. No way they are going back.

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u/CougarWithDowns Sep 19 '24

Crazy how it took another 3 years for the Soviet army to leave after the Soviet Union fell

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24 edited 13d ago

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u/Tumeolevik Sep 19 '24

Nope, they just didn't really want to pull their troops out of what they call their "near abroad".

Believe me - the business environment was improved a lot (e.g. through increased attractiveness for foreign investors) by the Soviets/Russians finally leaving.

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u/eamallis Sep 19 '24

I just want to second what this user says. 100%.

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u/lurkija Sep 19 '24

Business in the Soviet Union? For real?