Kremlin builds a new military infrastructure on its border with Finland. In this sense, NATO forces show concern and see it as a “deliberate attempt” to test the alliance.
In statements collected by the British newspaper Lieutenant General Vesa VirtanenFinland Defense Deputy Chief, believes that Putin “is testing the unity of the alliance.” In this way, he believes that “Russia is testing to what extent it can act without activating article 5 with the Mass migration, with cyber attacks, with GPS interference with attacks in the information space “.
“During the war there were about 20,000 parked soldiers and about four reserve brigades, now we see that Russia is building new infrastructure, and as soon as they can, more troops in this region “asserts.
The Finnish army deputy, in their statements, reports that “There will be more troops” in the immediate vicinity of the new Putin military infrastructure. Finland is part of NATO since April 2023; An event that expanded the border of the Alliance in more than 1,300 kilometers.
Despite the new construction, Putin has dismissed concerns about a possible attack against NATO, such as “A complete nonsense“. “Russia has no interest in getting into conflict.”
Even so, before the forecast of possible threats, Finland has started the construction of a 200 -kilometer border fence to “improve security and reduce the dependence of the border controls of the Russians. “According to the disseminated information, this strategy has the purpose of” allowing an invasive force to initially cross the border, only to meet a strong counteroffensive. “
In addition, as tensions grow at the border, “the integration of Finland in the continuous NATO defense framework.” Thus, It is intended to build a new command center of the Alliance in Mikkeli, less than 200 kilometers from the Russian border. But not only Helsinki shields in this regard. All EU member countries prepare for a possible war scenario.
