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The Baltic states in Europe – bordering Russia and its ally Belarus – have proposed a 1,500-mile wall to protect themselves from Vladimir Putin's forces in the event of World War III.
Knewz.com has learned that these demands were made in a letter cosigned by Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and submitted to the European Union(EU) on June 26.
Reuters, which saw the letter, quoted it.
“Building a defense infrastructure system along the EU external border with Russia and Belarus will address the dire and urgent need to secure the EU from military and hybrid threats,” the document stated.
Said hybrid threat was observed when Russia repeatedly dropped significant amounts of undocumented immigrants – comprising Iraqis, Syrians, Turks, and Somalis – near its shared border posts with Finland, per independent global affairs daily, State Craft.
The Finnish Border Guard at the time noted: “In recent months, the actions of the Russian authorities, at least on the border with southeastern Finland, have changed in such a way that, unlike before, they have allowed travel despite lack of documents,” per Euro News.
As a nod to the expected price tag of the defensive line, the four Baltic signatories noted that “the scale and costs of this joint endeavor require a dedicated EU action to support it both politically and financially.”
“Extraordinary measures need to be employed as the EU's external border must be protected and defended with military and civilian means,” the document noted.
Agence France-Presse (AFP), a French wire service also saw the communication and quoted it urging the 27-member economic coalition to “spend more and coordinate on defense initiatives within the EU and with NATO,” via Hurriyet Daily News.
“Building a defense infrastructure system along the EU external border with Russia and Belarus will address the dire and urgent need to secure the EU from military and hybrid threats.”
“Extraordinary measures need to be employed as the EU’s external border must be protected and defended with military and civilian means,” per Brussels Signal.
This letter comes in the wake of a conversation between representatives of unnamed Baltic states during a sit-down with Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
In the said meeting, representatives of these countries told the German leader that if the Russians made a significant breakthrough in their war against Ukraine, the Baltic states would field their security forces and in so doing, draw NATO into a war with Russia.
Around the same time, there was a rallying to allow the use of NATO-donated weapons to be used by Ukraine on Russian soil.
The sentiment triggered by Volodymyr Zelensky was supported in French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech where he called for the same.
President Joe Biden, as if in response to these two heads of state, complied with Zelensky’s wishes.
Twenty-four hours after the United States president gave the go-ahead, Ukraine released a swarm of projectiles striking numerous targets near Russia’s far-western Belgorod region and by extension, contributed to what news organizations dubbed “Putin’s deadliest week of the war.”