Finland. The Ministry of National Defense suspects that two Russian aircraft violated the Finnish airspace

The Ministry of Defense of Finland suspects that Russian military aircraft could violate the Finnish airspace.

The Finnish Ministry of Defense announced on Friday that it suspects that two Russian military aircraft violated the Finnish airspace. According to the ministry, the incident occurred off the coast of Porvoo in the south Finland.

“We seriously treat the suspicion of violation of the territory and investigate,” wrote defense minister Antti Hakkanen in a press release on the Ministry's website. He noted that Finnish Border He examines the incident and will later provide more detailed information.

“Prepare for the worst”

According to recent reports of “New York Times” Russia is expanding its bases and military infrastructure at the border with Norway and Finland. The newspaper reports that this is shown by satellite photos, which show, among others Rows of tents, military vehicles, new warehouses, renovation of shelters and other new construction works in the almost unused helicopter base. According to the journal, this may “reveal the Russians' strategy to what will happen after the war in Ukraine.”

Information “NYT” was commented in an interview with “Guardian” General Major Sami Nurmi, deputy chief of staff for Strategies of Finnish defense forces. He emphasized that the Finnish army “very carefully” looks at Moscow's actions, and its task as a member NATOis “preparing for the worst”.

– We observe moderate preparations when it comes to building infrastructure near our borders, which means that after completion wars in Ukraine They will start bringing the forces that fought there, especially land forces – said General Nurmi. – They do it in stages, they are still moderate numbers. These are not large buildings, but in some places they build a new infrastructure and prepare, introducing new equipment – he added.

The general assessed that currently “there is no direct military threat to Finland or NATO” from the Russian direction. He noted that the situation is monitored “very carefully”. – it is necessary to assess whether they are preparing to send more troops to Ukraineor to expand your strength at our border. But I think they do both of these things, “he told” Guardian “.

Russians and Belarusians with a ban on the sale of real estate

In April, the Finnish parliament (Eduskunta) adopted a law that allows the Ministry of Defense to prevent the acquisition of real estate in Finland by entities or citizens of the state conducting the host war or pose a threat to the security of the country.

According to the ministry, these criteria are filled with Russia and Belarus. In practice, it is necessary to apply an executive regulation signed by the Minister of Defense Antti Hakkanen, which will enter into force in June.

Russia may try to use real estate in Finland for “broadly understood influence as well as military operations” – the Ministry of Defense explained, emphasizing that the critical infrastructure for the Finnish state is “exposed to damage and also threatened with sabotage acts.”

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