The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Urmas Reinsalu, admitted in an exclusive interview to the Kyiv Independent that he is not satisfied with either the volume or the pace of the military support provided by the allies, “because the war continues.”

Reinsalu, who previously urged allies to finally send tanks to Ukraine, stressed that not delivering important weapons to Kyiv would be the same as “co-signing the decision that Ukraine will lose on the ground,” even if Russia “plays” with it. nuclear threats.

Estonia, one of Europe’s smallest countries, has been at the forefront of calls for NATO allies to support the flow of much-needed weapons to Ukraine.

Located on NATO’s eastern flank, bordering Russia, the Baltic state is insisting that allies keep up until Russia can no longer invade neighboring countries.

Reynsalu said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had already made a “strategic mistake” in thinking he could quickly achieve results in Ukraine. However, he has yet to be proven wrong about another of his dangerous assumptions about the fragility of Western unity.

“For some allies, it would be dangerous to refuse Kyiv’s support”

Putin likely assumes that “the willpower of the Western community is actually weaker than its ability to mobilize its society and state, and this has been proven correct in the past,” Reinsalou said, referring to Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia and 2014 Ukraine. year .

“(Putin) is also using his leverage by prolonging this war and weakening the will of the West with the intention that (the West) will look for some separate political solutions,” the Estonian minister added.

With both Russia and Ukraine acknowledging that this would be a long-term war, Reinsalou warned that it would be “very dangerous” if some allies cut back on support for Kyiv, as it would become more expensive for the West.

According to the Estonian official, the allies should not pressure Ukraine to “make a certain political decision”, even if it cannot meet the West’s expectations for a certain time frame to liberate its territory.

Reinsalu said it would be “immoral and unfair” to even offer to freeze the conflict or compromise to end the war when “we still haven’t given Ukraine enough weapons.”

Although surrender may be the easiest way to end the war, Reynsalou noted that the West would be complicit in “abandoning the future of Ukraine.”

“And if we surrender, the world will first lose Ukraine and our dignity, and then we will lose ourselves – at least our security or the next generation,” said Reynsalou.

“I am sure that all countries are interested in peace, especially those bordering Russia, but false peace is only a prelude to new wars,” the 47-year-old minister also said.