Luckily, the units & especially the 76th have been hit hard in UA and have lost a lot of their quality. EE mil int assesses it has 30% of former capacity remaining. This might be described well by the fast expansion of the Pskov military cemetery.

35 km from EE border in Pskov is the home of the 76th VDV & the 2 spetsnaz brigade. These units would be some of the first to engage in case of war. They would try seize key locations in EE or LV.

"They could basically start firing at Estonia right from their garages. They wouldn't even have to drive out anywhere and the warning time is very short," said general Veiko-Vello Palm, a recently retired division commander of EE armed forces.

But the rocket brigade there still has 12 Iskander missile systems at its disposal. With a range of 500 kilometers, these missiles can be used to reach even the Western most reaches of Estonia.

Satellite images provided to us by Planet.com indicate that equipment and vehicles have largely disappeared from RU bases. Such as here in Luga, just 120 km from EE border with RU.

We analysed 24 RU mil bases behind Baltic and Polish borders and engaged top level military sources to evaluate our findings. It is a story how the war would play out in case RU would decide to start it.

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