Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said those who took part in the invasion “have no place in Estonia or the Schengen area.” Estonian officials estimate that up to 1.5 million Russians have participated in the war, a figure larger than Estonia’s population and are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide ban on Russian war veterans. Ukraine’s foreign minister welcomed the move, calling it a necessary security measure and a signal that war crimes will not go unpunished.