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31.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Pevkur in Brussels: we will keep our promise to send Ukraine 1 million rounds of ammunition
Yesterday and today in Brussels at the informal meeting of European Union defence ministers, the discussion focused on the 1 million rounds of ammunition for Ukraine initiative. With the Minister of Defence of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, the ministers also discussed priorities for training the Ukrainian...
24.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Estonia to join Operation Interflex to train Ukrainian forces
Yesterday at a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (Ramstein meeting), Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur announced Estonia’s decision to join the UK-led Operation Interflex, which provides training for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ahead of the meeting, Minister Pevkur also...
19.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Baltic countries to build defensive installations on their borders
Today, the defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania approved the concept of building anti-mobility defensive installations on the borders with Russia and Belarus. The ministers signed an agreement in Riga, according to which Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will construct anti-mobility...
10.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence sends for approval proposal for national designated spatial plan and strategic environmental impact assessment for defence industrial park
Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur signed a proposal for a national designated spatial plan and strategic environmental impact assessment for a defence industrial park.
The aim of the proposal is to develop a defence industrial park in Estonia to enable defence industry companies to establish...
04.01.2024|Ministry of Defence
Commemorating the Estonian War of Independence in Tallinn
A solemn ceremony was held in Tallinn’s Freedom Square today to commemorate those who fell in the War of Independence and to celebrate 104 years from the entry into force of the armistice signed between the Republic of Estonia and Soviet Russia. At the ceremony, Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur...
22.12.2023|Ministry of Defence
Government decided to expand the Sirgala training area
The Government of Estonia decided to expand the Sirgala training area, which is necessary for the development of military capabilities. The Sirgala training area will be expanded only at the expense of state land.
“There is enough state land surrounding the Sirgala training area in northeast...
22.12.2023|Ministry of Defence
Holiday Greetings by Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur
Dear friends here in Estonia and abroad,
Christmastime is here again – a time for peaceful reflection, a moment to look back on the past year. As the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine approaches its second year, the European and global security is facing a testing time. One thing is clear – we...
20.12.2023|Ministry of Defence
Estonia and the United States signed a defence cooperation agreement for the next few years in Washington, D.C.
Tuuli Duneton, Undersecretary for Defence Policy, and Celeste Wallander, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense, signed a bilateral Security Cooperation Plan for 2024–2028 in Washington, D.C.
“As confirmation of Estonia’s strong alliance with...
20.12.2023|Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence and job portals begin training conscripts
In December, the Ministry of Defence, in cooperation with job portals, began training conscripts to help them find work more quickly after completing their service and to use the skills they acquired during their service. The first course was held last week with the navy, and the next one started...
19.12.2023|Ministry of Defence
Pevkur: about a hundred truckloads of ammunition have arrived in Estonia this year
As an example of the rapid development of Estonia’s military defence capabilities, the acquisition of large quantities of ammunition continued in 2023. At a press conference held Monday, Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur revealed that about a hundred truckloads of ammunition have arrived in Estonia...