Estonia Invokes Nato Article 4

Posted4 months agoActive3 months ago

defly

27 points

7 comments

twitter.comOtherstory

heatednegative

Debate

80/100

NatoRussiaEstoniaWorld War Iii

Key topics

Nato

Russia

Estonia

World War Iii

Estonia invokes NATO Article 4 amid increased military tensions with Russia, sparking concerns of potential escalation into a larger conflict.

Snapshot generated from the HN discussion

Discussion Activity

Light discussion

First comment

33m

Peak period

0-2h

Avg / period

1.4

Key moments

01Story posted
Sep 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM EDT
4 months ago
Step 01
02First comment
Sep 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM EDT
33m after posting
Step 02
03Peak activity
3 comments in 0-2h
Hottest window of the conversation
Step 03
04Latest activity
Sep 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM EDT
3 months ago
Step 04

Generating AI Summary...

Analyzing up to 500 comments to identify key contributors and discussion patterns

Discussion (7 comments)

Showing 7 comments

Animats

4 months ago

1 reply

This is a very big deal. Russia has, in the last few days, made military probes against Estonia, Poland, and Finland, all NATO countries.

This may be the beginning of World War III.

ben_w

4 months ago

2 replies

I was about to say that starting a war with even just a handful of these countries in isolation and without full NATO protection would be a really dumb decision for Russia and Putin couldn't be that dumb, and then I remembered people were also saying "he can't be dumb enough to start a war with Ukraine" right before he did that, too.

Animats

4 months ago

1 reply

The intent may be to stop support for Ukraine from NATO countries.

jacquesm

4 months ago

1 reply

True, but it is playing with fire.

Animats

3 months ago

1 reply

Only if Putin doesn't have a hold over Trump.

jacquesm

3 months ago

Trump won't be able to stop Swedish/Danish/Polish/Estonian/Finnish militaries from defending EU soil from these kinds of intrusions. Whether putin has or does not have a hold over Trump is no longer relevant I think, US politics is so far down the toilet I don't think anybody here realistically believes that things will get better on their own, we're all just hoping that the US as a nation survives. For all our sake I hope it does too but it looks pretty grim.

hypertele-Xii

3 months ago

Russians killed all the rich and smart people in their revolutions. Only the dumb ones remain. Russia should be assumed to make dumb decisions.

View full discussion on Hacker News

ID: 45304810Type: storyLast synced: 11/20/2025, 5:48:27 PM

Want the full context?

Jump to the original sources

Read the primary article or dive into the live Hacker News thread when you're ready.

Open link View on HN