What do the peoples on the ground have to say?
The Balts? They hate Russia.
Terrain there is mostly heavily forested or urban, tough going.
In Estonia we have taken it seriously for a long while. My son would be in the first mobilization batch and of course I am worried, but he has received training. We have tried to copy the Finns and the Finns have an excellent structure of universal nationwide military training. I would be due to my age called up later, but I’d volunteer right away. Would curse myself for having gotten out of shape.