Finland ‘preparing for the worst’ amid major Russian military expansion

Finland has confirmed that Russia is expanding its military presence along Finland’s border, prompting the NATO ally to monitor the Russian military’s movements and “prepare for the worst.”

According to The Guardian, Maj. Gen. Sami Nurmi, who serves as the head of strategy for the Finnish Defence Forces, recently warned that the Finnish military is watching Russia’s movements “very closely” and noted that Finland has to “prepare for the worst” as part of the country’s responsibility to NATO.

The Guardian cited satellite images obtained by The New York Times that allegedly show Russia’s expansion of military infrastructure near the border of Finland. According to The Guardian, the pictures show additional rows of Russian tents, military vehicles, fighter jet shelter renovations, and construction on a helicopter base.

A picture of Russia’s expanded military forces near its border with Finland was shared Monday by Roman Sheremeta on X, formerly Twitter.

Video/Pic: Finland 'preparing for the worst' amid major Russian military expansion

Russia is expanding its military along Finland's border, prompting Finland to monitor Russia's movements and "prepare for the worst."

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[Margery]

I've been hearing about that. Finland is definitely feeling on edge. It cost them dearly the last time they had to repel Russia, which they managed, but barely.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Finland is always preparing for the worst when it comes to Gog/USSR.
For them, the Cold War never ended.
Their military equipment, no matter how old, was always impeccably maintained.

I suspect a lot of mothballed WWII stuff isn't so mothballed anymore.

 

[Margery]

It's pretty serious for them. The Baltic region is part of the Scandi area and Finland and the Baltics were always "next" on Russia's to do list ever since the Baltics escaped the USSR and quickly joined NATO.