The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board has temporarily closed the section of the road from Varski to Zaatse that passes through Russian territory. The reason for this was that on Friday evening, October 11, border guards noticed the movement of a larger than usual unit from the Russian side. This was reported by the Estonian broadcaster ERR..
Border guards observed increased activity and movement of armed groups from the Russian side in the Saatse-Saapa area throughout the day. The section of road known as Zaatse Chobot will remain closed until Tuesday.
" The response from the Russian side was that nothing was happening there, these were completely routine operations.
This was a dangerous situation for us, where we as PPA had to decide to temporarily close the road passing through Saatse Saata,” said Meelis Saarepuu, head of the Border Guard Bureau of the Southern Prefecture of PPA.
A detour through Varska, Treski, Matsuri and Sesnik is currently in place and police are asking people to obey temporary road signs.
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It is crossed by an almost kilometer-long section of road, which is used to avoid detours..
There has long been talk in Estonia about building a road bypassing the Saatse-Saapa River, and now construction planning has begun.
Estonian border guards blocked the passage of the village road through amazing activity on the territory of the Russian Federation pic. twitter. com/ZiYzPeKwYl — Maxim (@lipcansmaks1) October 11, 2025 As we already wrote, the three Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - are developing contingency plans as they are concerned about Russia's huge military spending after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. They suggest that hundreds of thousands of people will begin to flee in the event of a Russian military buildup or attack.
Let us remind you that US President Donald USA assured that America will help protect Poland and the Baltic countries if Russia dares to increase escalation. The corresponding statement came after the media wrote that Trump would cut aid to three NATO members.
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