Citizen defense efforts grow

  • 2014-03-17
  • From wire reports, TALLINN
Estonian Defense Minister Urmas Reinsalu said that Russia's pressure on Ukraine speaks of the need to include all Estonian people in state defense, meaning that people can give their voluntary contribution to state defense by joining the voluntary defense organization Defense League, reports Public Broadacsting."The Ukrainian crisis shows that the idea that defending the state is the problem of professional military only is outdated. In a modern crisis, the whole society is put to the test," said Reinsalu.Reinsalu said that the Estonian state defense needs the con...
 
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