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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:40:00 +0300
Estonia cancels €500M combat vehicle purchase, boosts drone defense
The government decided on Thursday in principle to suspend a €500 million infantry fighting vehicle procurement program and instead redirect the funds to strengthening drone defense, air defense, and situational awareness.

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:49:55 +0300
HEDI ARUKASE ⟩ Threat notification is not a choice but a duty of the state
The recent threat alerts may have caused some negative emotions, but they also raised many relevant questions, writes Hedi Arukase, Head of the Population Protection Department at the Ministry of the Interior.

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:54:23 +0300
VLADIMIR JUSHKIN ⟩ Putin’s objective may not be conquest at all. In that case, the entire assessment of when Russia will attack a NATO country is wrong
If a curious reader looks at world events through a wide‑angle lens, they will see several developments that do not immediately form a coherent picture, writes Vladimir Jushkin, director of the Baltic Center for Russian Studies.

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:29:12 +0300
OTSE POSTIMEHEST: SPECIAL BROADCAST ⟩ President Toomas Hendrik Ilves: we are in a new world
In this special, slightly longer than usual episode of Postimees, our guest was President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, with whom we talked about all sorts of different crises that have recently flared up in the world. What will become of Ukraine? What will ...

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:38:37 +0300
MEELIS OIDSALU ⟩ The Drone Threat Is Not Just the Concern of the Defence Forces
In Estonia’s drone debate, the most important question is not why some nuisance drones are not shot down in peacetime, but whether the state plans to defend the capital, the islands and critical infrastructure at all in wartime. The answer to this ...

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:40:00 +0300
Estonia cancels €500M combat vehicle purchase, boosts drone defense
The government decided on Thursday in principle to suspend a €500 million infantry fighting vehicle procurement program and instead redirect the funds to strengthening drone defense, air defense, and situational awareness.

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:49:55 +0300
HEDI ARUKASE ⟩ Threat notification is not a choice but a duty of the state
The recent threat alerts may have caused some negative emotions, but they also raised many relevant questions, writes Hedi Arukase, Head of the Population Protection Department at the Ministry of the Interior.

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:54:23 +0300
VLADIMIR JUSHKIN ⟩ Putin’s objective may not be conquest at all. In that case, the entire assessment of when Russia will attack a NATO country is wrong
If a curious reader looks at world events through a wide‑angle lens, they will see several developments that do not immediately form a coherent picture, writes Vladimir Jushkin, director of the Baltic Center for Russian Studies.

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:29:12 +0300
OTSE POSTIMEHEST: SPECIAL BROADCAST ⟩ President Toomas Hendrik Ilves: we are in a new world
In this special, slightly longer than usual episode of Postimees, our guest was President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, with whom we talked about all sorts of different crises that have recently flared up in the world. What will become of Ukraine? What will ...

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:38:37 +0300
MEELIS OIDSALU ⟩ The Drone Threat Is Not Just the Concern of the Defence Forces
In Estonia’s drone debate, the most important question is not why some nuisance drones are not shot down in peacetime, but whether the state plans to defend the capital, the islands and critical infrastructure at all in wartime. The answer to this ...

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