Russia Building up Base Along Finnish Border, New York Times Reports

Russia is increasing its military posts on the border with Finland: a report that confirms how, for Putin, Ukraine is not but a part of the problem

Russia building up base along Finnish border, New York Times reports

Satellite imagery reveals large tents, shelters for fighter jets and warehouses for military vehicles — but Nato officials say the activity is nothing like the buildup along the Ukrainian border before Russia’s 2022 invasion.

Russia builds up military presence along borders with NATO member countries

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Fiona Hill, senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, about Russia's military buildup along its borders with NATO members.

According to Trump, Finland and Norway will be "very safe".

New tents, hunting aircraft shelters and military vehicle warehouses flourish near Finland. As Moscow prepares for the post-war Ukraine, its priorities seem to move northward.

Tents, trenches for fighter jets and storage facilities for military equipment – Russia is strengthening military bases and building new infrastructure on the Finnish border – this is what Finnish military experts say. “They are increasing brigades and forming divisions. Which means that the units located near the Finnish border will increase significantly — by thousands of people,” says Emil Kasthelmi, a military expert at the Finnish analytica…