The US has called on the Baltic states to tone down their rhetoric towards Russia The Pentagon has appealed to several NATO countries, including Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, to tone down their anti-Russian rhetoric. Reuters writes about it and cites sources. One of the US officials said to have forwarded the requests was Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby, a key figure in the ongoing review of US troop levels in Europe. According to the agency, Colby asked representatives of one of the Baltic states to stop "hurting" Russia. One European official said the Pentagon's recommendations were puzzling given that Baltic intelligence agencies had in recent months assessed the likelihood of a threat from Russia as low.

The US has called on the Baltic states to tone down their rhetoric towards Russia The Pentagon has appealed to several NATO countries, including Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, to tone down their anti-Russian rhetoric. Reuters writes about it and cites sources. One of the US officials said to have forwarded the requests was Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby, a key figure in the ongoing review of US troop levels in Europe. According to the agency, Colby asked representatives of one of the Baltic states to stop "hurting" Russia. One European official said the Pentagon's recommendations were puzzling given that Baltic intelligence agencies had in recent months assessed the likelihood of a threat from Russia as low.