The governor of the Kharkiv region of Ukraine has called on civilians not to return yet to their homes in those areas which have been freed from occupation, stressing that it is not yet safe to do so, ERR reports, from the ground in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv was hit by rockets and artillery fire again on Thursday, seven people were killed and 11 injured. ERR correspondents Astrid Kannel and Tarmo Aarma were in the city at the time.
Normal life is slowly returning to Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv. However, battles can be heard on the outskirts of town and residential areas are still seeing scattered missile attacks. The city is largely empty after hundreds of thousands have evacuated.
Security expert Meelis Oidsalu said that Estonia and the region is looking at a relatively difficult summer as Finland's likely NATO accession could result in pressure from Russia and the security crisis escalating closer to Estonia.