Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland will seek European Union funding to build a network of fortifications along their borders with Russia and Belarus. The “Baltic Defense Line” aims to strengthen the security of NATO's eastern flank in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
HELSINKI – NATO members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will seek European Union funding to build a network of bunkers, barriers, distribution lines and military warehouses along their borders with Russia and Belarus , Estonia’s officials said Saturday.
“At the same time, it strengthens the security of the European Union and the military defense of its borders, which is why we clearly see that the EU could also financially support the project,” he said. The ministers said that external threats at the Baltic-Polish frontier are increasingly growing and ramping up fortifications along the border with Russia and Belarus “remains a high-priority contributing to our pledge to defend every inch of territory.”
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