{"id":1370402,"date":"2026-03-17T11:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/narva-in-three-days-is-estonia-ready-for-a-russian-invasion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:52:21","slug":"narva-in-three-days-is-estonia-ready-for-a-russian-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/narva-in-three-days-is-estonia-ready-for-a-russian-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Narva in three days: is Estonia ready for a Russian invasion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moscow is considering scenarios for a quick occupation of the Baltic states, taking advantage of the slowness of NATO bureaucratic procedures. The aggressor could use hybrid attacks on energy and communications to create chaos without a direct military invasion in the first stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9WQZqVmV4BM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was expressed<\/a> on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by Yehor Brailyan, associate professor at Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University.<\/p>\n<p> According to him, special attention is paid to provocations in border areas, in particular in Narva.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Russia could already take over Estonia there in a matter of days,&#8221; the analyst warned, but he doubted that the allies would have time to reach a consensus on a response before the territory was occupied.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9WQZqVmV4BM&#038;t=401s<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/moscow-under-blockade-why-is-putin-cutting-off-the-internet-to-russians\/\">Moscow under blockade: why is Putin cutting off the Internet to Russians?<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> According to Brailian, the Russian strategy is synchronized with China&#8217;s intentions regarding Taiwan, which are planned for 2027. Putin seeks to deepen global chaos in order to restore lost political influence, the studio guest is convinced.<\/p>\n<p> Instead, Estonia counters these threats with a system of territorial defense, where the male population is integrated into paramilitary structures, acting as a trained reserve, added Yegor Brailyan.<\/p>\n<p> Bild previously reported that Russia has stepped up its propaganda campaign to <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kreml-khoche-stvoryty-narodnu-respubliku-v-odniy-z-krain-nato-zmi\/\">create a separate republic in Estonia<\/a> . It said that this development could indicate that the Kremlin is preparing to attack the country.<\/p>\n<p> It is worth noting that Narva is a border city with a population of 50,000 people. About 90% of them are Russian-speaking. At the same time, according to Estonian intelligence, in 2025 the Russian Federation increased its ammunition production, which means preparations for a new offensive operation outside Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, according to the Center for Countering Disinformation, Russia uses diplomatic facilities in Vienna to <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiia-peretvoryla-posolstvo-u-vidni-na-tsentr-radio-rozvidky\/\">conduct radio reconnaissance<\/a> . In particular, at least eight antennas are installed on the roof of the Russian embassy, one of which can intercept signals not intended for the Russian side.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow is considering scenarios for a quick occupation of the Baltic states, taking advantage of the slowness of NATO bureaucratic procedures. The aggressor could use hybrid attacks on energy and communications to create chaos without a direct military invasion in the first stage. This opinion was expressed on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by Yehor Brailyan, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1370340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1370402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1370340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}