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- Kremlin says Estonia's readiness to host nuclear-capable NATO jets threatens Russia</p>
<p>June 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM</p>
<p>MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that Estonia's stated readiness to host NATO allies' U.S.-made F-35A stealth jets, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, posed a direct threat to Moscow.</p>
<p>Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur told the Postimees news outlet on Thursday that Estonia - which borders Russia and is a rotating base for NATO jets tasked with protecting Baltic airspace - was ready to host nuclear-capable jets if necessary.</p>
<p>"If some of them, regardless of their country of origin, have a dual-use capability to carry nuclear weapons it doesn't affect our position on hosting F-35s in any way," the outlet cited him as saying.</p>
<p>"Of course we are ready to host our allies."</p>
<p>Pevkur was speaking after Britain, a NATO member, announced it would buy at least 12 F-35A jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads and that they would join NATO's airborne nuclear mission.</p>
<p>Asked about Pevkur's comments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said such a move would be an obvious threat to Russia.</p>
<p>"Of course it would be an immediate danger," Peskov told a journalist from Russia's Life news outlet. He said the statement was one of many "absurd thoughts" voiced by politicians in the Baltic region, which comprises Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.</p>
<p>"We have practically no relations with the Baltic republics because it is very difficult to make them worse," he said.</p>
<p>(Reporting by ReutersWriting by Andrew OsbornEditing by Mark Trevelyan)</p>
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