ESTONIAN CIVILIANS PREPARE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES

THE AMBUSH CAME AT DAWN. MOMENTS BEFORE, THE only sound in the frigid forest of Klooga, 40 km west of the Estonian capital Tallinn, had been light snoring coming from beneath a handful of camouflaged tarps. But seconds after machine-gun fire broke their sleep, several fighters erupted from their makeshift shelters and began returning fire. Flashes from their rifles illuminated the still dark woods, while blue smoke poured from a bomb intended to obscure the enemy’s path.

Within minutes, the battle was over. Although the outnumbered fighters did not manage to vanquish the opposing force,