
Ambassador of 🇪🇪 to 🇬🇧. Former Amb to 🇫🇮 / director of ICDS (@ICDS_Tallinn) / director of NATO Cyber Center (@ccdcoe) / POLDIR of @MoD_Estonia.
London, England
Joined November 2011
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Perm Sec of the @MoD_Estonia Kristjan Mäe met his UK counterpart Jeremy Pocklington in London during his first official visit abroad. They discussed bilateral defence cooperation, the security situation in Europe and russia’s war against Ukraine.
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Very timely book. And a source of mild PTSD for me from my years as 🇪🇪 ambassador in 🇫🇮
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A very timely book 'Undersea War' by Elisabeth Braw is out! At its launch panel discussion, Amb. @sakkov emphasized the importance of situational awareness, quick decision-making process and maritime capabilities: "Resilience of our undersea infrastructure needs to be improved."
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A very timely book 'Undersea War' by Elisabeth Braw is out! At its launch panel discussion, Amb. @sakkov emphasized the importance of situational awareness, quick decision-making process and maritime capabilities: "Resilience of our undersea infrastructure needs to be improved."
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As someone currently living in #Ukraine, this strikes me as quite an accurate characterization. @RLHeinrichs
- Putin is a war criminal. The Russians commit war crimes as a matter of course and the fact that they abducted our fellow citizen and sent him to a penal colony notorious for abuse is more evidence.
- Russia wants to push two narratives: that it is reasonable and that its military success is inevitable. Both are false.
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President Putin is a murderer.
His soldiers use rape as a weapon.
He has launched wars costing thousands of lives.
His agents have stolen children and destroyed families.
Russia today is what President Reagan correctly called it: the evil empire.
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Well worth reading -- a denunciation by Russia's MFA of those wicked biased western media outlets who said that Russia was planning to invade Ukraine. Date: 11 February 2022 mid.ru/en/press_service/arti…
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A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children.
I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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🇪🇪 🇬🇧 Good to have my first call with @HFalconerMP .
Estonia and the UK are close, like-minded partners. As a NATO Ally, the UK makes an important contribution to Estonia’s defence through its military presence. Equally important is our continued dialogue on Ukraine and the decisions shaping Europe’s security.
We discussed the UK’s objectives for closer EU–UK cooperation ahead of the EU–UK Summit on 20 November and the importance of finding mutually beneficial solutions.
I asked AI to rank ISAF countries according to the combat fatalities per million inhabitants.
Hegseth on Afghanistan:
I was a captain in Afghanistan, and we would go to the headquarters in Kabul, and there would be 50 flags at the headquarters.
It was a beautiful thing to see 50 different countries contributing to the NATO alliance and the ISAF mission there.
Except there were like maybe five that contributed. It was actually closer to one or two that, by the end, were actually involved in kinetic operations.
In fact, the ISAF patch, we would joke that it meant "I Saw Americans Fighting."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Over 1100 non-American soldiers from 31 US-allied countries were killed fighting in Afghanistan, approximately 1/3 of the total combat deaths.
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The only obstacle to peace is Putin’s dream of restoring an empire.
For the war to end, that dream will have to go.
“You wouldn’t have told Churchill what language to use and how strongly he is allowed to express himself when Britain was fighting the Nazis”
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My interview yesterday to the Times Radio’s @JPonpolitics
Zelensky Is ‘The Churchill Of Our Times’ | Sven Sakkov youtu.be/7QXwx5w4o_w?si=u-Fn… via @YouTube
My interview yesterday to the Times Radio’s @JPonpolitics
Zelensky Is ‘The Churchill Of Our Times’ | Sven Sakkov youtu.be/7QXwx5w4o_w?si=u-Fn… via @YouTube
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NATO has the plans and capabilities to defend every inch of Allied territory, as I told @TVPWorld_com during #WSF2026.
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⚡️Europe shuts US out of Russian assets conversation.
"These are frozen Russian assets held in Europe, belonging to Russians who are destroying Ukraine and killing people there every day... the idea of releasing these assets is completely out of the question," said Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.
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🇪🇪🦄Three cheers for Skeleton for becoming the newest member of Estonia’s unicorn herd!
By the way, did you know that a group of unicorns is commonly called a ✨blessing✨!?
We are truly blessed! 😇
#Estonia’s energy storage firm Skeleton becomes country’s next unicorn 👏
There are now more than 10 Estonian #tech companies valued at over $1 billion 🦄 in a country of 1.3 million people.
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The FT with a very helpful graph on understanding why diesel prices are high. Trump's got the wrong war in mind. ft.com/content/445b2856-a276…
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A Ukrainian mother and her child were murdered.
They died holding hands.
This image should on every corner of Washington DC.
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SACEUR details his “theory of victory” at the Warsaw Security Forum. “We block the initial attack”, “we will deny the enemy the ability to hold ground” with land, air and maritime forces. If the attack continues, “we will break the enemy’s system” through multi-domain operations.
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I join my fellow foreign ministers in recognising the UK’s attribution of Iranian involvement in the 27 September incident at RAF Fairford and condemning Iran’s violent attacks and other hybrid activities.
Threats to military facilities used by our Allies affect us all. We need closer coordination between Allies to expose hostile networks and prevent further attacks.
We will not be intimidated.
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