Kaja Kallas: I don’t eat Russians for breakfast … rather muesli, yogurt and blueberries

For Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, it’s not eating Russians that keeps hunger locked up till lunch.

Wait, what?!

An anonymous EU official told POLITICO in an article published Monday that Kallas might not be a great choice to become the EU’s next top diplomat because, “Are we really putting someone who likes to eat Russians for breakfast in this position?”

That vivid imagery sparked laughter in Tallinn, with Kallas — who is one of the EU’s harshest critics of Russian leader Vladimir Putin — dispelling the notion that she starts her day by scoffing Russians.

“My breakfast, dear @POLITICOEurope readers,” Kallas wrote Tuesday, linking POLITICO’s article and attaching a photo of her breakfast. Pictured is a bowl of seemingly muesli, topped with yogurt and blueberries.

It’s not clear whether Kallas eats muesli regularly, or does in fact sometimes eat Russians.

Kallas has long urged other EU leaders not to waver in their support for Kyiv as it resists Russia’s full-scale invasion. Her decision to remove war monuments dating from Soviet times in the eastern Estonian city of Narva even earned her a spot on Russia’s wanted list last month.

There was a drink in Kallas’ breakfast picture, though sadly POLITICO was unable to confirm whether her mug contained hot lemon and honey, green tea … or Russian imperialist tears.