Latvian President (3rd from left) walks alongside a fence being built on Latvia's border with Russia
Latvian President (3rd from left) walks alongside a fence being built on Latvia's border with Russia on June 18, 2024.
  • The Baltic states and Poland have called for a defense line along Europe's border with Russia, per Reuters.
  • They said it would protect the EU from Russia's "military" and "hybrid" threats.
  • Frontline NATO countries are facing intensifying Russian hybrid warfare threats.

NATO member states Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland have urged the EU to build defensive infrastructure along its 700-mile-long border with Russia and Belarus, according to Reuters.