Russia rehearsed attack on Finland and Baltic states - media

NATO believes that Russia has rehearsed an attack on Finland and the Baltic states. In their opinion, the war in Ukraine has shown that Russia is ready to take significant risks.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to Iltalehti.

NATO sources said that Russia has practiced an attack on Finland and other countries on the eastern side of NATO. According to the sources, the defense report generally considers an attack by the Russian military on Finland, Northern Norway, or the Baltic states possible.

The publication writes that the Russian attack would allegedly be a simultaneous operation of several different units of the Russian army. The attack would have involved tens of thousands of Russian soldiers.

“In the north, the 14th Army Corps would attack the Norwegian coast from Murmansk by sea, land and air. The Russians will land in Finnish Lapland. Russian missile troops deployed on the Kola Peninsula will also invade Finland,” the sources said.

NATO believes that in the event of an attack, Russia will try to create a buffer zone in Northern Lapland and Finnmark in Norway, which will bring the fighting to the territory of NATO countries.

Last March, the NATO defense alliance practiced the deployment of 20,000 troops in northern Norway and Finnish Lapland.

Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 30/12/2024