close the road through this section of the road<\/strong>, which partially passes through Russia.<\/p>\n
\nClosure of the Saatse Boot is a precautionary measure<\/h3>\n
The so-called \u00abSaatse Boot\u00bb is a small section of Russian territory through which a local Estonian road passes. Residents of several settlements use it to reach other parts of Estonia without formally travelling abroad.<\/p>\n
After the emergence of unknown armed groups traffic through the \u00abboot\u00bb is temporarily stopped<\/strong>. The Estonian police and border guard service assured that it was preventive step<\/strong>, aimed at protecting local residents from possible provocations.<\/p>\n
\nMoscow is silent or \u00abpretends nothing happened\u00bb<\/h3>\n
Estonia asked the Russian side to explain the situation. In response, Moscow sent a short message that \u00abplanned measures are being taken\u00bb. However Russia did not provide any official confirmation or denial of the appearance of armed persons<\/strong>.<\/p>\nLocal residents report that traffic across the road is restricted, and Police patrols are working in an enhanced mode<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nContext: escalation on the north-eastern borders of Europe<\/h3>\n
The appearance of unknown armed men on the Estonian border caused NATO's concerns<\/strong>. Previously, similar \u00abhybrid signals\u00bb have been observed on the borders of Poland and Lithuania, where Russia was suspected of provocations under the guise of migration or military incidents.<\/p>\nAnalysts note that \u00ablittle green men\u00bb without insignia<\/strong> - This is a familiar Russian tactic that the Kremlin used when it seized Crimea in 2014.<\/p>\n
\nWhat's next<\/h3>\n
The Estonian authorities stated that resumption of traffic through the \u00abSaatse boot\u00bb is possible only after security guarantees<\/strong>. Brussels and Vilnius are closely monitoring the situation, considering this incident as A test of NATO's readiness to respond to hybrid threats<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u0415\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d\u0456\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043f\u043e\u044f\u0432\u0443 \u043e\u0437\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0454\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0456 \u041d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u043d\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u0434\u0456\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0446\u0456 \u043c\u0456\u0436 \u0415\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0454\u044e \u0442\u0430 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0454\u044e, \u0443 \u0440\u0430\u0439\u043e\u043d\u0456 \u0442\u0430\u043a \u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u00ab\u0421\u0430\u0430\u0442\u0441\u0435\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0447\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u00bb (Saateseski saap), \u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u043d\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u0456\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0438 \u043e\u0437\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0454\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0439. \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0443 ERR, \u0447\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0456\u043a\u0438 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0438 \u0443 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0439 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0456 \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u043f\u0456\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u0456 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044f \u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456\u0454\u044e \u0437 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0431\u043e\u043a\u0443. \u041d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u0415\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0457 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0446\u0456 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0438 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":2083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0437\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0447\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0447\u043a\u0438","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-2082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2084,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions\/2084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}