Satellite Images Show Russian Military Buildup Near Finland – NYT - The Moscow Times
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Russia is expanding its military infrastructure near the border with Finland, in what NATO officials describe as the early stages of a long-term buildup, The New York Times reported Monday.
  • Furbag@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Nobody seems particularly alarmed by this, least of all Finland. I doubt Putin is going to go from losing a war against Ukraine to losing a war against Ukraine and Finland and the rest of NATO too. Seems like this “buildup” has been there for a while and is only growing presumably because Ukraine is getting really good at striking targets inside of Russian borders.

    • Zenith@lemm.eeEnglish
      18·
      4 days ago

      It’s being reported by the “Moscow Times” so that alone makes me dubious about this even being real

    • Hotzilla@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      11·
      4 days ago

      Even when Finland was “neutral”, we always knew the enemy is in east, and if they were west, they were trying to flank.

      Whole Finnish infrastructure is build on expectation of Russia again attacking us. Hopefully we won’t forget that, now that we are part of NATO, because it makes us less easy target.