Estonian Prime Minister Kaia Kallas called on the West “not to establish any trade relations with Russia because of the situation in Ukraine” and stressed that “our policy must be based on the understanding that the Russian threat will not disappear tomorrow, and there must be no Return to normal business.

At a press conference, she stressed that “the West should be careful with early calls for a ceasefire and peace.”

Earlier, during her visit to London, she discussed with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the possibility of creating a command structure at the NATO divisional level in Estonia and called on the alliance to radically change its position in the field of defense and deterrence. on the eastern flank.

For her part, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized the Estonian Prime Minister’s statements that “Ukraine needs weapons first and foremost, and calls for a truce or peace in Ukraine are premature and undesirable”, and described them as “bloodthirsty”.