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The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to “jointly conduct a comprehensive, multilateral assessment of the military requirements of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to deter and resist aggression by Russia.”REF Since Russia’s 2014 takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s

Defending the Baltic states and deterring Russian aggression will be far easier and cheaper than liberating them would be.

The U.S. needs an enduring presence and a long-term strategy to meet its NATO obligations in the Baltic region.

Last week, there were 6,455 cases of coronavirus diagnosed across Estonia compared to 4,965 the week before. There were 37 deaths.

Estonia has one of the highest rates of coronavirus in Europe and the EU's health agency is recommending tighter travel restrictions be applied.