On Wednesday, May 22, a meeting of the National Defense Council is scheduled, with Estonian President Alar Karis in attendance. The main topics of discussion will be Russian subversions and influence operations, as well as the upcoming World Summit in Switzerland, as reported by Postimees.
The National Defense Council serves as an advisory body to the president and includes senior representatives from various agencies.
The council actively participates in discussions and contributes to forming opinions on matters related to national defense, which hold significant strategic importance.
Preliminary statements by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk regarding the arrest of nine individuals suspected of espionage activities on behalf of Russia in Poland might be connected to the upcoming meeting of the National Defense Council in Estonia, although no official link between these events has been announced.
It's worth noting that across Europe, there has been an active subversive campaign organized by Russia as part of President Vladimir Putin's escalating efforts to undermine Western support for Ukraine. American and European officials report attempts to damage railways, military bases, and other facilities used for supplying weapons to Ukraine.
The UK has accused British citizen Dylan Earl of arson against commercial property linked to Ukraine after he was recruited as a Russian spy. Charges have also been brought against other suspects in this case.
Earlier, Bild reported that left-wing radicals set fire to a summer house belonging to Armin Papperger, the head of the defense conglomerate Rheinmetall, linking the attack to weapons shipments to Ukraine.
Prior to this incident, there was an explosion at a military plant in the UK. The explosion occurred at a facility where explosive materials were being filled into artillery shells.
German law enforcement suspects Russian intelligence services of an attack on railways, which resulted in trains being halted for several hours in northern Germany.
