Reference News Network September 20 report - According to TASS on September 18, the Estonian Public Broadcasting Company website quoted the Estonian Defence Forces as saying that the "Lightning" military exercise, involving soldiers from NATO member countries, began on the 18th in Estonia and will last for two weeks.
The report said that about 3,000 soldiers from the land, sea and air forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Latvia and Estonia are participating in the exercise. The exercise mainly takes place in the north, west and east of Estonia. During the exercise, the allied forces will practice mechanisms for the rapid deployment of troops to potential conflict areas and jointly responding to threats.
The Estonian Defence Forces stated that this exercise is of a training and defensive nature. (Translated by He Yingjun)
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