# Pentagon urges NATO to soften Russian threat rhetoric

Pentagon asked NATO countries to soften rhetoric about Russian threat. Examples include Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Officials cited a comment by Estonian PM about Putin being 'a rat in a corner'.

https://meduza.io/news/2026/10/30/pentagon-poprosil-strany-nato-smyagchit-ritoriku-otnositelno-rossiyskoy-ugrozy-veroyatno-iz-za-estonii-gde-putina-nazvali-zagnannoy-v-ugol-krysoy

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Original source: https://meduza.io/news/2026/10/30/pentagon-poprosil-strany-nato-smyagchit-ritoriku-otnositelno-rossiyskoy-ugrozy-veroyatno-iz-za-estonii-gde-putina-nazvali-zagnannoy-v-ugol-krysoy