According to military expert Marko Eklund, a tent camp on the Karelian Isthmus has expanded since last spring, and there is more equipment in Russia's Luga district than ever.
  • @[email protected]English
    5•2 days ago

    My grandfather drove a truck for the Finnish Army in WWII and helped drive them out of the country.

  • palordrolap
    5•3 days ago

    If I was Finland, I would continue as if Russia had changed nothing at that camp, however reassuring the changes there might appear to be.

    Even if it’s “only” a training camp now and not a fully operational military installation, I’d still not let my guard down just in case the Russians decide to take a “special training exercise” over the Finnish border. That is the sort of thing they like to do, after all.

    • Random_Character_AEnglish
      14•2 days ago

      Finland hasn’t let its guard down since WWII. Russia is a very familiar beast.

        • Random_Character_AEnglish
          7•2 days ago

          If we are nitpicking, Finland was quite sure Russia/Soviets will be coming sooner or later, ever since Finland declared independence.

    • @DasusEnglish
      1•2 days ago

      … in case the Russians decide to take a “special training exercise” over the Finnish border

      They can fucking try, but our border is a bit more geographically challenging than the ones Russia has been forcefully shifting for decades in Ukraine.

      Here’s how it would look like if Russia tried something; Taistelukenttä (battlefield) 2020

      From the Finnish military itself.