Estonian PM Kaja Kallas, who has called for the Kremlin’s economic isolation, says she had “nothing to hide” over the presence of her husband’s company in Russia trib.al/HBVkWtT

Estonian PM Kaja Kallas’s husband, Arvo Hallik, says he’ll exit a logistics company as the premier tries to contain fallout following revelations over the business’s activities in Russia trib.al/MML7L0J

The last time I sat down with Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov, we played chess. This time we discussed how to help #Ukraine win and make sure accountability follows for Russia’s war crimes.

NEW: A probe into a leak from an undersea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia is proceeding on the premise that it was sabotage, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets, Alberto Nardelli, Ewa Krukowska and Ott

Russia sees “their people coming back in coffins” and the country is burning through cash. But Putin is expected to announce a new mobilization and raise taxes to pay for the war, Estonia’s prime minister says in interview.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania approve a plan to build defensive structures on their borders with Russia and Belarus as the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine approaches the two-year mark trib.al/FcSjadp

Exclusive: Russia is likely behind an increase in instances of jamming satellite signals used by airlines, smartphones and weapons systems in eastern Europe, Estonia's military chief says bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics Ott Aaron Eglitis

The Baltic states increasingly fear Vladimir Putin's emboldened Russia is bringing its imperialistic ambitions right to their doorstep trib.al/3qmvwff

Elon Musk says `there is no way in hell' that Putin can lose in Ukraine, and `If he were to back off, he would be assassinated' trib.al/HoNLbuy

For the first time in history, the head of another state—Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was placed on the Russian wanted list. This is just one of Mediazona's many findings in the comlete wanted database: en.zona.media/article/2024/0…

Latvia's prime minister slammed Russian attempts to intimidate its neighbors trib.al/wkkPV4g

France drummed up support from Baltic countries & Ukraine after President Emmanuel Macron irked other allies when he left the door open to sending troops to Ukraine: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… with Milda Seputyte Ott James Regan Aliaksandr Kudrytski

Scoop: Kyiv wants to convene a second meeting to achieve a fair peace settlement in Ukraine before the US elections in November -- this time with Russia attending, sources told Daryna Krasnolutska Alberto Nardelli and me. The push to organize the meeting before the US elections

#Finland says a #Russian ship is suspected of a territorial violation after sailing into its waters bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Kati Pohjanpalo

Latvia’s top military commander says the Russian drone that crashed on the Baltic nation’s territory was an Iranian-designed model trib.al/TOeJMiX

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accuses Russia of planning to carry out “acts of air terror” against airlines worldwide bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Natalia Ojewska

ECB’s Muller warns of upside risk for inflation from tariffs bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Ott