However, the threats of the Russian President should also be taken seriously.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said that Kremlin head Vladimir Putin is afraid of war with NATO, although it tries to intimidate Western societies. Thus he seeks to moderate their actions.
She said this in an interview with the BBC.
According to her, although Putin is good at “sowing fear” by threatening nuclear war for a long time, these are just words.
“He's very good at creating fear in our communities. He listens to what we're afraid of, and if we're afraid of nuclear war, he makes those fears worse. After that, our public wants to hold on to their actions,” said Callas.
The Prime Minister of Estonia believes that this is a kind of self-restraint trap, because “if we are afraid, then we begin to restrain ourselves, and this is exactly what Putin is striving for.”
“We also need to think about what Putin is afraid of. And he is really afraid of war with NATO. He doesn’t want that. Of course, we don’t want that either,” she added.
Recall that Kaya Kallas previously did not guarantee that her country’s army would not be sent to Ukraine. Like, making this decision is not in his competence.
Meanwhile Lithuania supported sending its troops to Ukraine. The country's leader Gitanas Nausėda called on the West to stop “drawing red lines.”
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