Estonia prepares 10,000 personnel for largest reserve exercise in its history
Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur visited the Southern Territorial Defence District headquarters in preparation for training exercise Ussisõnad, which will involve nearly 10,000 reservists over the course of September and early October 2023. The government aims to train the command structure of these territorial defence units. As it stands, the Estonian Defence Force (EDF) has more than 4,000 personnel in permanent readiness with another 4,000 in supplementary reserve.