# Pentagon urges Baltic NATO allies to tone down rhetoric about Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/122085

- Meduza, 2026-10-30 08:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/30/pentagon-urges-baltic-nato-allies-to-tone-down-rhetoric-about-russia-citing-remarks-likening-putin-to-a-rat-in-a-corner

> Pentagon officials urged Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and other NATO members to moderate their public language about the Russian threat, Reuters sources said. Elbridge Colby cited European descriptions of Russia as “cornered like a rat” as an example. The report also says the Pentagon urged Estonia to be measured and warned a Baltic representative against “poking” Russia.

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