NATO's Northern Flank Prepares to Counter Russia Threat

Military alliances will be reflected in major changes in Finnish defense planning in the coming years.

Finnish officers earn praise in NATO’s eastern front drills

Finnish military officers made a strong impression during the recent NATO Joint Resolve exercise in Estonia, where over 260 officers from 20 countries trained in leading joint operations under simulated crisis conditions. Captain Lauri Nieminen, representing the Finnish Defence Forces, commanded a 60-person international unit in a scenario replicating threats on NATO’s eastern flank. The exercise took place at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu…

NATO's northern flank prepares to counter Russia threat

Finland, which shares hundreds of miles of border with Russia, joined NATO two years ago, swiftly followed by neighboring Sweden.

Nato member Finland ‘closely’ monitoring Russian military build-up near border

Satellite images published in the New York Times appear to show an expansion of Russian military infrastructure near the border. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The chief of strategy of the Finnish Defence Forces, Major General Sami Nurmi, said that the country's military is "very closely" monitoring Moscow's maneuvers along the common border and that their job, as part of NATO, is to "prepare for the worst."

Rieds goung ënnert anerem iwwert d'NATO, d'Oferrung géint d'russesch Menace, Hëllef fir d'Ukrain at close proximity to Zeumumnaarbecht am Raumfaarteräich.