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Estonia has already handed over more than 320 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Ukraine for the energy sector.

In Estonia, the project "ROSE Estonia – The Road to Self-Employment for Ukrainian Refugees in Estonia" was launched. It is aimed at supporting Ukrainians on their path towards self-employment and entrepreneurship in that country.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Prime Minister Kristen Michal of Estonia discussed long-term defense support for Ukraine during a phone call held on Tuesday.

Mistral short-range air defense systems and missiles for them provided by Estonia have been delivered to Ukraine.

On 27 June, three bilateral agreements on security cooperation were signed in Brussels: in addition to the agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, the other two were signed with Lithuania and Estonia.

Nearly 30,000 war refugees from Ukraine have received temporary protection in Estonia, with approximately 20,000 of them being of working age (20-64 years old). Learning the Estonian language and organizing their daily lives have contributed to nearly 60 percent of working-age Ukrainians being employed today.

Estonia has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, which includes Mistral short-range anti-aircraft missile systems and missiles for them.

The European Union criticized as “unacceptable” Russia's actions to remove the Estonian light buoys marking the border between Estonia and the Russian Federation on the Narva River, and appealed to the Kremlin to stop this provocative campaign and immediately return the buoys to their rightful place.

Ukraine has started negotiations with Estonia on a bilateral security agreement.

The Netherlands, Germany, and Estonia have joined the coalition to supply Ukraine with modern drones.

The level of support in Estonia for refugees from Ukraine has increased compared to the beginning of last autumn.

Estonia delivered another package of military aid to Ukraine, which includes Javelin anti-tank systems, machine guns, firearm ammunition, various equipment, and diving gear.

Estonia will send a EUR 80 million military aid package to Ukraine, which includes Javelin anti-tank missiles.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and Ambassador of Estonia to Ukraine Annely Kolk have discussed the recovery of Ukrainian infrastructure, particularly in Zhytomyr region.

The Swedish government has confirmed that the undersea telecommunications cable between Sweden and Estonia has been damaged by means of external force or tampering.

Ukraine, Estonia and Luxembourg have launched the newly-established IT Coalition.

The government of Estonia approved the principles of utilizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine. Thus, Estonia became the first European nation to develop such a legal solution.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal of Ukraine met in Kyiv with the President of Estonia, Alar Karis.

Since the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion, Estonia has expressed support for Ukraine and provided assistance worth more than 500 million euros.

The assistance provided by Estonia for the reconstruction of Ukraine should become an example for other partners of our country.