30.10.26 OPINION ... Europe faces a decisive choice: give in to Russian pressure and accept a situation where aggression forcibly changes Europe's borders and calls into question our entire security order, or defend a united, free and expanding Europe, all at a time when authoritarian regimes around the world are increasing their influence, writes Reform Party MP and Riigikogu Foreign Affairs Committee chair Marko Mihkelson.

29.10.26 NEWS ... Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to participate in the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Tallinn next year alongside other world leaders.

29.10.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Rescue Association (Päästeliit) has sent aid to Ukrainian rescuers, funded by donations and the Foreign Ministry, providing shelter, power and heating for over 30,000 people this winter.

29.10.26 NEWS ... An international conference hosted by Tallinn in January, aimed at raising support for Ukraine's post-war reconstruction, will change its theme to "resilience" as Russia's daily attacks continue.

29.10.26 NEWS ... Europe lacks a shared plan for engaging Russia, which makes ending the war in Ukraine difficult, security adviser to the president Rainer Saks said.

27.10.26 NEWS ... Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said he had been briefed on Tuesday's call between the leaders of Norway and Finland and Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

26.10.26 NEWS ... Insurance companies have begun offering coverage for war-related risks, such as damage caused by drones or missiles, but in some cases, fees have increased without customers' consent.

25.10.26 NEWS ... Estonia is planning to send a "substantial number" of locomotives to Ukraine to help replace those destroyed by Russia, Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) has said.

24.10.26 NEWS ... Estonia will spend €13.5 million to host the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Tallinn next January, bringing together thousands of international delegates to support Ukraine's reconstruction.

23.10.26 NEWS ... Russia continued to exaggerate its battlefield gains in Ukraine and launch large-scale attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure over the past week, while reports also emerged of potentially hostile Russian satellite activity in space.

22.10.26 NEWS ... Estonia's public broadcaster ERR will not show the opening and closing ceremonies of the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar following the Olympic Committee's decision to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate under their national flags.

22.10.26 NEWS ... Diplomat Jüri Luik told ERR that expectations are high for a possible meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and China, but they lack the power to establish a new world order.

21.10.26 NEWS ... The recent maneuvering of a Russian military satellite dangerously close to a Finnish radar satellite was a deliberate provocation and could have resulted in a major accident, physicist and Riigikogu member Mario Kadastik (Reform) said.

20.10.26 NEWS ... According to Foreign Ministry Secretary General Jonatan Vseviov, Europe must take a decisive role in supporting Ukraine in light of criticism coming from the United States.

19.10.26 NEWS ... U.S. President Donald Trump's latest decisions are harming Ukraine in echoing Russian President Vladimir Putin's narratives, said security expert Marek Kohv.

16.10.26 NEWS ... The recent US–Russia diesel deal and a failed energy truce have strained ties with Kyiv at a time when fighting has been escalating at the front, the defense ministry said.

16.10.26 NEWS ... While Donald Trump's unpredictable behavior and disruptions to Starlink are complicating the situation in Ukraine, the U.S. president does not have the power to force Ukraine to surrender, security expert Ilmar Raag finds.

14.10.26 NEWS ... Russia aims to make the coming winter unbearable for Ukrainians, and while there is no risk of famine, people are prepared for a difficult winter, Estonia's new ambassador to Ukraine said.

12.10.26 NEWS ... Ukrainian culture is at the heart of the war because Russia is seeking to destroy Ukrainian identity and claim Ukraine's cultural heritage as its own, Ukrainian Deputy Culture Minister Ivan Verbytskyi told ERR.

09.10.26 NEWS ... Moscow has introduced a new tactic and is attempting, through extensive long‑range strikes, to break Ukraine's infrastructure and the population's psychological resilience, says Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the EDF Intelligence Center.

06.10.26 NEWS ... The northern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is now targeted by Russian drones as well as missiles, but the city lives on mayor Ihor Terehhov told ERR.

05.10.26 NEWS ... Russia's escalating attacks on Ukraine and threats against the West are signs of its failure to achieve a breakthrough on the battlefield, former ambassador to NATO Jüri Luik tells ERR in an interview.

02.10.26 NEWS ... Russia has reiterated at the UN its intention to achieve its war aims in Ukraine at any cost, the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) said Friday

01.10.26 NEWS ... The government decided to prohibit, by national sanction, the transit through Estonia of grain originating from Russia and Belarus. Although until now Russia and Belarus have not used Estonia for exporting their grain, establishing the restriction excludes this also in the future.

29.09.26 NEWS ... Ukraine faces a difficult winter as Russian air attacks intensify and shortages of Patriot interceptor missiles leave it struggling to protect civilian infrastructure, Marko Mihkelson tells ERR in an interview.

29.09.26 NEWS ... Defense Minister Martin Herem (Reform) welcomed the European Union's €6.6 billion aid package to Ukraine, calling it "a powerful step forward" in aid.

28.09.26 NEWS ... Ukraine's successful offensive near Lyman has achieved an operational breakthrough that could be repeated elsewhere, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Neeme Väli told ERR.

28.09.26 NEWS ... US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's recent meeting did little to advance the Ukraine peace process, Foreign Minister Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said.

27.09.26 OPINION ... The snowball of speculation about an imminent Russian attack on Europe is gathering pace. Isolated facts are being mixed with wishful thinking, worst-case scenarios and, at times, little more than the need to grab attention, writes Marko Mihkelson.

24.09.26 NEWS ... Security expert Rainer Saks told Vikerraadio that Ukraine has, for the first time, gained the ability to influence the course of negotiations to end the war in its dealings with both the United States and Russia.

24.09.26 NEWS ... Estonia has imposed its own domestic sanctions on two Russian oligarchs removed from a European Union blacklist this week.

21.09.26 NEWS ... The main purpose of Russia's elections is to demonstrate public support for the war. While the regime will ensure it gets the desired result on paper, a struggle over dwindling resources and the redistribution of assets is taking place behind closed doors, economic expert Raivo Vare told ERR.

18.09.26 NEWS ... Russian armed forces losses in the war of aggression against Ukraine have remained above 10,000 troops for the third consecutive week, exceeding the number of new soldiers being recruited, said Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the EDF Intelligence Center.

17.09.26 NEWS ... The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, said that Russia's increasing hybrid attacks, acts of sabotage, and stray drones are aimed at frightening the residents of European countries and deterring them from supporting Ukraine.

17.09.26 NEWS ... Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) has heralded the US Congress's approval of a Russia sanctions bill targeting countries whichbuy Russian oil and gas.

15.09.26 NEWS ... Russia is attacking Ukraine with increasing force, and since Russian leader Vladimir Putin assumes that Russia can endure longer, it is not particularly likely that he will ever seek to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine, says Kristi Raik, director of the International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS).

14.09.26 NEWS ... Johanna-Maria Lehtme, founder and former head of Estonian Ukraine aid NGO Slava Ukraini, went on trial in Harju District Court on Monday, appearing remotely from Ukraine.

14.09.26 NEWS ... Former President Kersti Kaljulaid told ERR that defense industry representatives say there is currently not enough air defense equipment in the entire world to meet Ukraine's needs and the situation for Ukrainians has deteriorated.

14.09.26 NEWS ... Estonian politicians and leaders were traveling by train through western Ukraine shortly before a Russian drone struck a station near the Polish border, Delfi reported.

13.09.26 NEWS ... Brig. Jamie Murray, commander of the British contingent in Estonia, says close U.K.-Estonia ties and NATO readiness are key to deterring Russia and adapting to modern warfare.

11.09.26 NEWS ... Ukraine carried out a strike on Wednesday, September 9, against the Novy Urengoy gas condensate plant in the Yamalo‑Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a site previously considered out of reach.

10.09.26 NEWS ... An Estonian‑owned shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia was severely hit and practically destroyed by a Russian air strike Monday, Postimees reported.

10.09.26 NEWS ... Old fishing nets from Saaremaa are finding a new use in Ukraine, where they are being deployed as makeshift protection against Russian drones.

09.09.26 NEWS ... Estonia's leaders say Russian grain exports through its ports are "not acceptable" and practically non‑existent, as the Baltic states discuss joint measures to curb transit of Russian and Belarusian grain.

08.09.26 NEWS ... Riigikogu Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Marko Mihkelson said Moscow sees no need for a breakthrough in peace efforts and believes it can intensify attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure as winter approaches.

07.09.26 NEWS ... Russia is losing more troops in Ukraine each month than it can replace, as evidenced by the absence of a major summer offensive by Russia this month, Estonian Defense Forces Lieutenant Colonel Mattias Puusepp said.

07.09.26 NEWS ... U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday after talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, but experts see little prospect of progress toward ending the war.

04.09.26 NEWS ... Russia has shifted its long‑range strike tactics against Ukraine, moving from dense nighttime barrages to longer, round‑the‑clock attacks with fewer strike assets, said Gert Kaju, head of the Ministry of Defense's readiness department.

04.09.26 NEWS ... The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday summoned Russia's chargé d'affaires to express its strong condemnation of last month's drone incidents at a German airport.

03.09.26 OPINION ... European Union countries must urgently return to the issue of utilizing Russian assets frozen following its invasion of Ukraine, writes MEP and European Parliament Committee for Foreign Affairs vice‑chair Urmas Paet (Reform).