{"id":1036040,"date":"2021-11-20T10:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T15:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036040"},"modified":"2021-11-20T10:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T15:29:06","slug":"estonia-sends-soldiers-to-help-poland-stop-illegal-migrants-breaking-into-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/estonia-sends-soldiers-to-help-poland-stop-illegal-migrants-breaking-into-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonia Sends Soldiers to Help Poland Stop Illegal Migrants Breaking into EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Festonia-sends-soldiers-to-help-poland-stop-illegal-migrants-breaking-into-eu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236581174-e1637345485971-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Estonia is sending soldiers to help Poland secure its border against an onslaught of Middle Eastern migrants attempting to break into the European Union via Alexander Lukashenko\u2019s Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, they wanted just political support, but now they need practical help. As far as I know, only Britain has provided practical assistance to Poland so far,\u201d said the Baltic state\u2019s defence minister, Kalle Laanet, in reference to an agreement between the NATO allies to deploy an approximately&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/uk-govt-deploys-150-troops-to-defend-border-against-migrants-in-poland\/\">150-strong force of Royal Engineers<\/a> to help maintain Polish border fortifications and road infrastructure in the crisis zone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.err.ee\/1608408449\/estonia-sending-almost-100-defense-forces-members-to-poland\">report<\/a> on the website of publicly-funded radio and television network Estonian Public Broadcasting&nbsp;(Eesti Rahvusringh\u00e4\u00e4ling, or ERR), the \u201cpractical help\u201d the nation of roughly 1.3 million people is extending to Poland will include \u201ca combat engineer platoon made up of both active-duty personnel and reservists, as well as a military police unit consisting of active-duty personnel and conscripts\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoD_Estonia\/status\/1461642676961435649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1461642676961435649%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">post<\/a> shared on social media, Estonia\u2019s defence ministry similarly described the planned force as \u201ctroops inc[luding] reservists from Engineer, Military Police and Reconnaissance units\u201d who will help the Poles secure the European Union\u2019s common external border \u201cagainst the ongoing&nbsp;#hybridattack of [the] #Belarusian regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Estonia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltictimes.com\/estonia_set_to_give_practical_assistance_to_poland\/\">already<\/a> sent personnel to assist border protection in Lithuania, which was the first EU member-state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/06\/lithuania-begins-wall-construction-along-belarus-border\/\">struck<\/a> by the Lukashenko-engineered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/belarus\/\">migrant crisis<\/a> in earnest before its focus shifted chiefly to neighbouring Poland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7756232686981\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Solidarity with our ally <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Poland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Poland<\/a> is crucial at this time:  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kaitsevagi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Kaitsevagi<\/a> will send troops incl. reservists from Engineer, Military Police and Reconnaissance units to support \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 efforts to secure \ud83c\uddfa borders against the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hybridattack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hybridattack<\/a> of \ud83c\uddfe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Belarusian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Belarusian<\/a> regime. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreAllies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreAllies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p0vOTS7Eey\">pic.twitter.com\/p0vOTS7Eey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MoD Estonia (@MoD_Estonia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoD_Estonia\/status\/1461642676961435649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unlike its fellow Baltic States, Lithuania and Latvia, Estonia does not share a land border with Belarus \u2014 but it does share a substantial border with the Russian Federation, which is widely regarded as Belarus\u2019s chief sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>Estonia has therefore deployed some 1,700 troops to erect an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/estonia-launches-unannounced-snap-military-exercise-on-russian-border\/\">emergency razorwire barrier<\/a> along 40 kilometres (25 miles) of its Russian frontier, where the chances of illegal crossings are believed to be highest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening in Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia also requires the strengthening of the border infrastructure in Estonia,\u201d said Elmar Vaher, chief of the country\u2019s Police and Border Guard, in comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/estonia-announces-snap-military-exercise-will-put-razor-wire-along-russian-2021-11-17\/\">quoted<\/a> by Reuters.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow 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