The head of Estonia said a word about the army of Russia
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves declared that his words about the possible seizure of power by the Russian troops for 4 hours were taken out of context. According to his statement, he only repeated the estimations of experts of NATO, and was not signed helplessness in the Estonian army.
The Estonian President was to explain his own words spoken on April 11 in his interview to a British newspaper. For example, in the following way responded about the Russian army: "If you look at conducted by our neighbor military exercises, they are roughly instantly. They are here and after 4 hours all ready."
The statement caused at least doubt inside power. So, MEP Indrek Tarand asked what still engaged in the defence Force 11 years after the entry powers in NATO and what the government spends 2% of GDP for defence, if Patriotic army can traverse the distance from its border to the presidential Palace for 4 hours. However President powers later explained that it is not about self assessments. "I did not assess the defence capability of Estonia. Not at all. That's the assessment of experts of NATO, which I only repeat to the topic, how fast can Russia to mobilize in order to do something," said Ilves on Monday the Estonian radio.
Ilves also announced that it did not understand, reports "Interfax". "In 1-x, I never said that to capture. I stated in an interview on the themes of reflection and why it is necessary. If you pull out 1 phrase that I can do about it," said the head of the country.
In his interview with the British Telegraph Ilves also stated that the refusal of NATO to "cover up" small Estonia from great Russia would mean the death of the Alliance. He recalled that in Estonia are only 150 soldiers of the Alliance, and then only on a temporary basis. The whole Estonian army contains only 5.3 thousand soldiers, and also Tallinn is absolutely not a military aircraft. In this regard, President powers called on NATO to increase troops in Estonia and give it a permanent base.
Ilves also expressed the view that the United States and England need to supply Kiev with lethal weapons for combat operations in the South-East of the state.