Finland is not concerned about Russia’s plans to increase the number of troops on its border. This was expressed by Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in an interview with the newspaper. Finance Times.
“Actually, we don’t have any concerns about it. This is quite expected,” he said.
According to him, the Finnish border is “pretty empty” for Russian soldiers due to military operations in Ukraine. The head of the Finnish Foreign Ministry claims that recently the Russian Federation has withdrawn its troops and that this would not happen if his country was a threat.
On August 9, Shoigu, at the department board meeting judicial A serious destabilizing factor is Finland’s accession to NATO. room declarationThere is the possibility of a NATO contingent and weapons deployment in Finland capable of hitting critical targets in Russia’s northwestern regions.
Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz judicial The reason why Ukraine will not be able to join NATO.