“Putin can destroy the Baltic states’ – the head of government loses her patience on the Siko stage. Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas put a stop sign in the group with Ricketts and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg - and at the same time warned Germany.

The small discord probably also throws a spotlight on the state of the NATO alliance. Estonia shares a direct land border with Russia, unlike Germany, which has no such border. However, Estonia is probably not sufficient military capacity to withstand a hypothetical attack from Russia.