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The Alert Before Dawn

An overnight warning reached phones across parts of Estonia. What it asked people to do depended on what they could see for themselves.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 13

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Estonian Defense Minister Martin Herem called for more detailed public warnings on November 12, a day after drones near the country’s borders prompted alerts in eight counties. He told Estonian Public Broadcasting, known as ERR, that several ministries were working on a way for people to see whether an airborne threat was…

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