Mikk Tarros
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Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Estonia 🇪🇪 @MoD_Estonia @kaitsemin ⚔️
Tallinn, Eesti
Joined February 2011
Give this man a raise @MFAestonia Excellent as always Karl!
nytimes.com
The Baltic nation’s congressional liaison is using candy, an American flag outfit and “Die Hard” jokes to make friends in Congress as the Trump administration turns against Europe.
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🇺🇦🇪🇪 Met in Kyiv with Estonia’s Minister of Defence @HPevkur Discussed our bilateral defence cooperation, as well as participation in multilateral international projects. We greatly value Estonia’s leadership role in the IT Coalition and for its participation in training of
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With SAFE we are producing the capabilities Europe needs most. We will focus on pan-European projects from drones, cyber defence and air defence systems. For example, a comprehensive European Air Shield. It will be a strong symbol of 🇪🇺 unity in defence.
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34 years ago, Estonia regained its independence. Today, free Estonia is like this 🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪
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Great meeting with the Secretary of Defence @SecDef Pete Hegseth. #WeAreNATO 🇺🇸🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
Yesterday, we welcomed Minister Pevkur from Estonia, Minister Sprüds from Latvia, and Minister Sakaliené from Lithuania to the Pentagon. We discussed President Trump's historic success in bringing the NATO alliance together behind the 5% defense spending pledge at the Hague
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The EU has approved its 17th sanctions package against Russia, targeting nearly 200 shadow fleet ships. New measures also address hybrid threats and human rights. More sanctions on Russia are in the works. The longer Russia wages war, the tougher our response.
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Estonian government made a historic decision. Our defence spendings will exceed over 5% in the upcoming years. 🇪🇪⚔️ and already 5,4% in 2026.
Approved! 🇪🇪 Estonia will raise its defence spending to an average of 5.4% of GDP through 2029. We’re committed to meeting our @NATO capability targets as quickly as possible.
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#Estonia 🇪🇪 is moving fast with its #defence industry park — inviting proposals for ammunition production. 📢 👉 Learn more: https://t.co/g5wf2rBkxa
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🇪🇪 #Estonia takes an important step toward building its #defence industrial park — including #ammunition production. A crucial boost for the defence industry. 📈 👉 Learn more: https://t.co/lxkGgPTSVG
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Prince William of Wales Rides a Tank Near the Russian Border He visited the Tapa military training ground, located in Estonia just 120 kilometers from the Russian border. This is where the largest British military contingent abroad is stationed.
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🇪🇪🤝🇹🇷 New Turkish-made armoured vehicles for the Estonian Defence Forces! 🔥 #Estonia is rapidly strengthening its defence capabilities — and there’s more to come! 💪
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81 aastat tagasi pommitas Nõukogude Liidu lennuvägi Tallinnat, Narvat, Tartut ja Pärnut. Täna kaitsevad meie õhuruumi ✈️ liitlaste lennuvahendid, et ajalugu ei korduks. #NATO õhuturbe missiooni raames baseeruvad Ämaris Hollandi 🇳🇱 õhuväelased ja hävitajad F-35.
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The Annual Conference on Russia 2025 started today in Tartu @BALTDEFCOL. 👉 Follow the conference online at https://t.co/jQdvh8vDok
#RUSCONF @HPevkur
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#ReArm Europe ⚔️
We are living in dangerous times. Europe‘s security is threatened in a very real way. Today I present ReArm Europe. A plan for a safer and more resilient Europe ↓
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