▲ 628 ▼ Putin: Russia will concentrate more military units near Finland (yle.fi) submitted 2 years ago* by fosforus@sopuli.xyz to c/world@lemmy.world 168 comments fedilink hide all child comments As a Finn I say this is fine. Every military resource that is tied down and not raping and destroying Ukraine is net positive.
[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (3 children) I was worried about this ever since Putin said "we have no plans of the sort" when Biden said Putin would invade a NATO country after Ukraine. Lo and behold, troop build up on a border of a NATO country, which completely parallels the start of the Ukraine invasion. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Plopp@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago I highly doubt those troops are for invading Finland. If there's any NATO country that should be worried it's probably Estonia. Especially if/when Trump gets elected president again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz [S] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Except of course for the little fact that Ukraine wasn't in NATO. People outside of Finland might forget that before Russia attacked Ukraine, they had several military bases around Finland, with plenty of troops in them. https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000000728599.html from 2014 (in Finnish, sorry). For the Ukraine war, they emptied these bases. What they're doing now is just restoring those bases to what the had been for several decades. Putin is just plain lying, as he is every time his mouth moves. They have maintained a highly threatening stance against Finland ever since WW2. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, with Ukraine it was "routine training exercises". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago I highly doubt those troops are for invading Finland. If there's any NATO country that should be worried it's probably Estonia. Especially if/when Trump gets elected president again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz [S] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Except of course for the little fact that Ukraine wasn't in NATO. People outside of Finland might forget that before Russia attacked Ukraine, they had several military bases around Finland, with plenty of troops in them. https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000000728599.html from 2014 (in Finnish, sorry). For the Ukraine war, they emptied these bases. What they're doing now is just restoring those bases to what the had been for several decades. Putin is just plain lying, as he is every time his mouth moves. They have maintained a highly threatening stance against Finland ever since WW2. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, with Ukraine it was "routine training exercises". permalink fedilink source parent