Kaja Kallas is one of the voices that most clearly demands that Ukraine must win the war against Russia and Vladimir Putin must lose it. The Estonian prime minister urges the EU and NATO countries to invest more in defense.

Putin has not put aside his imperialist goals, she says, and will not stop in Ukraine if he conquers it. “The solution is to be strong enough and confront the bully, Russia, so that the war does not spread," Kallas says. The EU has said it will support Ukraine for as long as necessary, but it is increasingly difficult to make historic decisions regarding that support. Effective and decisive military aid is being reduced and delayed. The sad truth of wars is that whoever has the most ammunition will win. And Ukraine has not received the ammunition it needs to shoot down and confront the rockets, missiles, and drones that Russia launches. I also think that sometimes, in Europe, we are afraid of our own potential and power. Ukraine urgently needs anti-aircraft defense. I am personally talking to several EU countries that have such capabilities and could send them to Ukraine. Ukraine has not asked anyone to go there and shoot down Russian missiles or rockets. They ask for the equipment and means to manufacture it because it is cheaper. It's also cheaper to avoid war. Russia has not changed its objectives. If they succeed in Ukraine, they will have an army of one million armed men and a military industry that works in three shifts to supply them. The question is when the next war will start and what do we do in the meantime to help deter Russia so that war does not happen because we are strong enough, so that they do not think about taking the next step. What was done before 2022 [when Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine] was the latter. We must overcome that phase and move forward to prepare ourselves. Estonia, on the eastern flank of the EU and NATO, experienced an increase in defense spending.