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On the morning of Monday, February 23, Estonian Ambassador Margus Laidre was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he was told “a strong protest in connection with the actions of the Estonian authorities” and ordered to leave the country on February 7, 2023. Diplomatic relations between countries at the initiative of the Russian Federation will be lowered to the level of charge d'affaires.

The decision was made after it became known about the intention of Tallinn to transfer all 155-mm howitzers to Kyiv in the form of help to counter Russian aggression.. True, in the Russian Foreign Ministry, he was argued by the reduction in the size of the Russian embassy in Tallinn initiated by Estonia.

“The Estonian leadership has been purposefully destroying the whole range of relations with Russia in recent years.

Total Russophobia, the cultivation of hostility towards our country have been elevated by Tallinn to the rank of state policy, ”the official statement of the Russian ministry says, which promises to“ continue to respond to the hostile steps of the Estonian leadership..

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On Monday morning, Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine Kaimo Kuuska said that his country, as part of a new aid package, will give Ukraine all 155-mm howitzers, thus providing military assistance in the amount of more than 1% of the country's GDP.