In Estonia, the largest military teachings of the Spring Storm with the participation of NATO foreign contingent station began in Estonia. Interfax reports this with reference to the press service of the main headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Republic.
According to the headquarters, maneuvers will be held in a reduced scale and with more stringent restrictions rather than before, due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Last year’s” Spring Storm “showed that it is possible to achieve tasks for the preparation of personnel and in a smaller part,” quotes the press service of the word one of the organizers of the teachings of the Erkki Roosnurm.
Total, as they say, the number of training participants will not exceed seven thousand people, including military personnel from the USA, Poland, Great Britain, France and other countries. “The goal of the” Spring Sturma “is to complete the training of conscripts and send as much-friendly soldiers as possible to the reserve,” explained at the headquarters.
Previously, the power of Estonia decided to dissolve the military orchestra due to the lack of funds for the financing of the army. It was approved within the budget strategy, according to which all Estonian departments and ministries will reduce their costs of five percent. Because of this, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic was forced to dismiss about 200 people, which is four percent of all employees in the Estonian army.