Estonia to repatriate mobilization-aged men to Ukraine

As Ukraine's counteroffensive appears to have stalled, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says they require up to 500,000 additional troops, which is why they are also searching for Ukrainians who fled to other countries following Russia's launch of its full-scale invasion.

Germany has already said that it will not be supporting Ukraine in this endeavour. Estonia, meanwhile, is ready and willing to hand its refugees over.

"If Ukraine needs it, then Estonia can manage to find and repatriate this person to Ukraine," said Minister of the Interior Lauri Läänemets (SDE). "We know in essence where these individuals are located and what they are doing. A lot – the majority of them work; they have places of residence in Estonia."

While no official requests have been received from Kyiv, the Estonian Ministry of the Interior itself has repeatedly reached out to both the Ukrainian ambassador as well as their interior minister to report refugees in the country if needed.

Within the next few days, Läänemets is slated to offer a written proposal to conclude an agreement between the two countries. Currently, the extradition of foreign nationals to their homelands is only possible in cases where the individual has been criminally prosecuted.