The representative of the Estonian Ministry of Defense, Taavi Laasik, said that in the event of a new wave of mobilization in the Russian Federation, conscripts will have even worse training than reservists who fell into the first wave of mobilization. ERR reports..

The speaker said that there is no official confirmation of the second wave of mobilization and the closure of Russia's borders yet..

However, the possibility of this always remains and cannot be ruled out.. A second wave of mobilization could be organized, but it can be assumed that its quality will be even lower than in the case of the first. At the same time, it is important to keep in mind that covert mobilization was constantly taking place in Russia - it was said that the goal of mobilization was achieved, but the relevant activities continued,” he said..

Laasik explained that the second wave of mobilization will not affect Estonia, since any mobilization is still linked to Russian aggression in Ukraine, and the attention of the aggressor is focused on actions there..

" If the mobilized go through a month or two of study, and then they are not overturned anywhere, then in general this will not affect us,"

Laasik recalled that there are no serious changes in the actions of Russian units abroad in Estonia yet..

" The full-scale war launched by Russia in Ukraine had a significant negative impact on the Western Military District of Russia and the country's army as a whole, both in terms of personnel and equipment.. However, it must be implied that Russia still has sufficient military potential to threaten the security of the region,"

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Recall that earlier the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said that the fighting in Ukraine is now at an impasse, since neither Ukraine nor Russia can achieve significant success..