9月29日星期二，欧盟和北约领导人表示支持爱沙尼亚和乌克兰。此前，爱沙尼亚指控俄罗斯在8月份对一家无人机制造商实施了纵火袭击，并称这是蓄意破坏行为；这一指控立即遭到俄罗斯方面的否认。
EU and NATO leaders on Tuesday, September 29, rallied in support of Estonia and Ukraine after Tallinn accused Russia of "sabotage" in an August arson attack on a drone manufacturer, a claim the Kremlin immediately rejected.
“俄罗斯仍在对北约盟国采取一系列无耻的敌对行动，试图削弱我们的决心以及我们对乌克兰的支持，”北约秘书长马克·鲁特表示。“但俄罗斯注定会失败——无论是在乌克兰战场上，还是在破坏我们团结与对乌克兰的支持方面，它都失败了。”爱沙尼亚外交部长马古斯·察赫纳在社交媒体上表示，对8月15日针对Milrem Robotics公司的纵火袭击的调查已确认莫斯科是幕后黑手。他补充说，肇事者已被逮捕，俄罗斯大使也被召见问询。
"Russia continues its reckless campaign of hostile actions against NATO allies. It is trying to weaken our resolve and stop our support for Ukraine," NATO chief Mark Rutte said. He added: "But Russia is failing. It is failing on the battlefield in Ukraine and it is failing to undermine our unity and support for Ukraine." Estonia's foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, said an investigation into the August 15 arson attack against the defense company Milrem Robotics, which makes ground drones used in Ukraine, determined that Moscow was responsible.
察赫纳强调：“这起纵火袭击显然是俄罗斯联邦特工部门策划的破坏行为。”他还表示，俄罗斯的这种破坏行为是其在整个欧洲范围内实施的更广泛阴谋的一部分，目的是恐吓我们、削弱我们对乌克兰的支持。
"We can conclude with certainty that the arson attack (...) was an act of sabotage ordered by the special services of the Russian Federation," he said on X. He said the perpetrators had been arrested, and Russia's ambassador had been summoned.
自2022年俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰以来，爱沙尼亚一直多次指责俄罗斯进行混合式挑衅（即同时使用常规军事手段和心理战手段进行挑衅）。与邻国拉脱维亚和立陶宛一样，爱沙尼亚大幅增加了国防开支，并继续坚定地支持基辅方面。
Tsahkna said that "this act of sabotage is part of Russia's broader campaign across Europe, aimed at intimidating us and weakening our support for Ukraine." Kremlin denial The Kremlin swiftly dismissed Estonia's accusation as "baseless" and with "absolutely no relation to reality." "We cannot and will not take such statements seriously," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow in response to an Agence France-Presse question.
欧盟表示支持爱沙尼亚，称这起纵火袭击是“鲁莽的行为”，并强调不会因此改变对乌克兰的支持立场。欧盟委员会发言人克里斯蒂安·维甘德（Christian Wigand）表示：“莫斯科试图恐吓欧洲，使其减少对乌克兰的支持，但这是不可能的。”
Estonia has repeatedly accused Russia of hybrid provocations since the beginning of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Along with its neighbors, Latvia and Lithuania, the country has ramped up defense investment and remains a staunch ally of Kyiv.
法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）也将这起纵火袭击称为俄罗斯的“危险升级行为”，并指出这类敌对行为正在不断增多。马克龙表示：“俄罗斯必须明白，它无法破坏我们的团结以及我们继续支持乌克兰的决心。”立陶宛外交部长凯斯图蒂斯·布德里斯（Kestutis Budrys）在社交媒体上写道：“这起袭击明显带有俄罗斯的痕迹”，并补充说俄罗斯的敌对活动并未止步于乌克兰边境。拉脱维亚总统埃德加尔斯·林克维克斯（Edgars Rinkevics）也表示：“需要为乌克兰提供更多的支持。”
The European Union said it stood with Estonia, calling the arson attack "reckless," and would not be put off supporting Ukraine. "Moscow is trying to scare Europe into winding down its support for Ukraine. This will not happen," European Commission spokesman Christian Wigand said.
瑞典首相乌尔夫·克里斯特松（Ulf Kristersson）称这起袭击的幕后黑手“极其严重”，并指出其“针对的是整个欧洲”。
French President Emmanuel Macron also called the arson attack a "dangerous escalation" by Russia, and another in a "multiplication of these hostile acts." "Russia needs to know that it will not overcome our unity or our determination to continue supporting Ukraine," Macron said on "Russia's fingerprints are all over" the Estonia attack, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys wrote on X, adding that Moscow's "hostile activities do not stop at Ukraine's borders." Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics added that "more support for Ukraine (...) will be needed and must be provided." Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson called the attribution of the attack "extremely serious" and "directed against Europe as a whole."