Aron Kalmus
On Wednesday, a Russian warship targeted in the Gulf of Finland was damaged by several drone strikes, resulting in deaths and injuries, according to Colonel Aron Kalmus of the Estonian Defense Forces, as reported by the Estonian public broadcaster ERR. #Suomenlahti #Uutiset #Ukraina (translated)
Including the Turkish fighters stationed in Ämari. They took to the air before the drones approached our border. We are talking about minutes, not hours, when they were on our territory. We were aware of this and monitored the situation. In both the context of the Estonian Republic's primary defense capability and the NATO context, we treat such actions extremely cautiously to avoid escalating the situation. A significant number of drones were intercepted. We also know quite precisely how many they hit. I wouldn't go into details because I wouldn't want to make it too easy for the opposing side to understand our perspective on what and how we see things. But it was hit by more than one, which would have been a coincidence for the defense forces, it was hit by more than two, which would have been a coincidence for the defense forces, and it was hit by more than three, which would be a pattern for the defense forces. As a result of multiple hits, the given corvette was damaged, with casualties and injuries. The corvette initially started moving towards Petersburg under its own power but later stopped. It couldn't do so on its own, and an additional escort vessel came to help it move towards Petersburg. It is aimed at long-range strikes and serving as an escort vessel. In terms of long-range strikes, we are talking about Kalibr cruise missiles. The second target of the attack was the Ust-Luga oil terminal, where several oil tanks were damaged, and a large fire broke out on the company's premises. Fires were also recorded at the AS Factor terminal and in the Luuga railway station. Social media added to the list fires at the Novatek-Ust-Luga hydrocracking plant, one of the three gas condensate primary processing facilities, in air cooling units, in the pump station, and at the pier. In addition, there were fires in the wood terminal's timber warehouse and damages at the LNG terminal as well as fires in the pipelines. Considering that Ust-Luga is essentially the second largest port of the Russian Federation, it will certainly impact Russian exports moving through the entire Baltic Sea. In the case of Ust-Luga, we clearly understand that since the previous handling capacity was around 700,000 tons per day and is currently 300,000 tons, there is certainly a significant difference in the revenues for the Russian Federation. Kalmus stated that although no significant compromises or progress were made in the Abu Dhabi negotiation round as expected, a positive aspect is the agreement reached on the exchange of prisoners, which should be realized in the coming weeks. #Läänemeri #UkrainaSõda #Droonirünnak (translated)
At today's press conference of the Ministry of Defense, Colonel Aron Kalmus, the Deputy Commander of the division of the Defense Forces, will provide an overview of the situation regarding Russia's aggression war against Ukraine. #UkrainaSõda #VenemaaAgressioon #EestiKaitseministeerium (translated)