The Kremlin has announced that it will respond if NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) nuclear weapons are hosted by Estonia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that Russia is not threatening the Baltic state, but will aim its nuclear weapons at it if NATO nukes are deployed there.
Russia has long drawn a red line over the use of weapons by other countries against it.
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While Russia did not claim it was going to strike Estonia, it did warn that its weapons would be pointed in that direction.
“We do not threaten Estonia, or any other European country,” Peskov told journalist Pavel Zarubin on Sunday. “But if nuclear weapons are deployed on Estonian territory and are aimed at [Russia], then our nuclear weapons will be aimed at Estonian territory,” he warned, adding that Tallinn “should have a solid understanding of it.”
Estonia has been one of Ukraine’s top supporters and has pushed for increased defense spending in Europe. The country continues to claim that the supposed threat of a Russian attack is imminent. Last year, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Estonia “one of the most hostile countries,” and accused it of “spreading myths and falsehoods” about Russia.
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Estonia is not the first European NATO member to express a desire to acquire nuclear weapons one way or the other. Earlier this month, Polish President Karol Nawrocki suggested that Poland should develop its own nuclear weapons program.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the Munich Security Conference in mid-February that he had discussed EU-level nuclear deterrence with French President Emmanuel Macron. Earlier, a senior MP from his party said Berlin should have access to French and British nuclear weapons. –RT
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