Estonia has called on European allies to maintain sustained pressure on Russia as Ukraine continues long-range attacks and the war shows no sign of an imminent end.
Margus Tsahkna said the conflict is entering a potentially decisive phase, even as he cautioned that it remains unclear when it will conclude, Caliber.Az reports per foreign media.
The Baltic state, widely regarded as one of Kyiv’s closest European supporters, believes mounting Russian losses could eventually shift the trajectory of the war.
“The Baltic nation isn’t able to estimate when the war will end, but given the scale of losses in Russia’s manpower the critical point “is coming closer,” Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in an interview on Friday.”
Speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Gdańsk, he urged European governments to sustain political and economic pressure on Moscow.
“This is the time to have this strategic patience, put more pressure on Russia to be ready for any kind of reactions from Russia,” Tsahkna said on the sidelines of the conference in Gdansk, Poland. “It can be the starting point for the end of the war.”
He also said Europe was more united than expected, despite Russian efforts to weaken support for Kyiv and reframe the conflict diplomatically.
“Europe and Ukraine is the same side,” he said. “More pressure, more support to Ukraine from Europe and maybe then this momentum will come when Putin is ready to talk, but it’s not yet there.”
The comments come as the European Union prepares a new sanctions package aimed at tightening restrictions on Russia’s energy revenues and its so-called shadow fleet.
“Sanctions are working, but we are not still yet there,” Tsahkna said. “It is so important that the US will be connected to this process, but Europe must take more lead. Actually we do.”
European Union officials are expected to finalise the measures in the coming weeks as part of a broader effort to maintain coordinated Western pressure on Moscow.
By Aghakazim Guliyev
