The Russian military most likely lacks the wherewithal to mount a serious offensive to cut off the three Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, from the rest of NATO and the EU, so far as land borders go, by closing the so-called Suwalki gap, a 100-km stretch of border between Poland and Lithuania, experts say. This does not mean that the gap does not remain a vulnerable zone for NATO in the region.
According to Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Estonia's main goal at the NATO summit, which gets underway today in Madrid, is to reach political decisions to strengthen the defence of the alliance'ss Eastern flank.
NATO's upcoming summit in Madrid will be held at the end of the month and "historic" decisions for the defense of the Baltic states are expected to be made. But what does Estonia want and how is regional security expected to develop in the coming years? ERR News spoke to the Ministry of Defense's Madis Roll to find out.