Major General Riho Ühtegi, the commander of the Estonian Defence League, a volunteer corps, said in a speech made at the Victory Day celebrations in Viljandi on 23 June that even though Russia was carrying out
On 14 June 1941, the Soviet Union forcibly deported over 10,000 people from Estonia to Siberia – over 7,000 were women, children, and elderly people; the date is now observed as a day of mourning.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said in a speech made at the Victory Day celebrations in Viljandi on Friday that freedom is our common and greatest value, noting, however, that it is not self-evident.