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| NATO headquarters will be created in Finland 140 km from the border with Russia |
| 2024-04-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The headquarters of NATO ground forces in the Nordic countries is being created in the Finnish city of Mikkeli in the east of the country, 140 km from the border with Russia. The newspaper IltaLehti wrote about this. No doubt it’s considerably cheaper than Brussels. “The headquarters of NATO ground forces will be located in Finland. The commander of our defense forces recommended this,” Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram told the publication. The head of the Ministry of Defense clarified that in peacetime the headquarters will be involved in planning and conducting NATO military exercises. The so-called high-readiness headquarters will operate around the clock and report to the headquarters in Norfolk on the east coast of the United States. At the same time, the headquarters of the Finnish Army is located in Mikkeli. As Regnum reported, the continuation of hostilities in Ukraine was called the only way to achieve peace in the conflict by Finnish President Alexander Stubb on April 7 in an interview with the American television channel CNN. As Stubb explained, peace negotiations cannot begin at this time. He also admitted that Ukrainian society is tired of the protracted conflict for Kyiv. Russian-speaking residents of Finland took to the streets of Helsinki on April 7 to protest against the closure of vehicle checkpoints on the border with Russia. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Finland is thus fencing itself off not only from Russia, but also from the world majority. Helsinki's actions are ruining the lives of Finns themselves, she added. The diplomat explained that Moscow is trying to discuss the issue of border crossings with Helsinki, but Finland is avoiding contacts with Russia. According to her, the behavior of the Finnish authorities is a return to the Cold War period. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #8 America goes for the stupidest proxies it can get. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-04-10 12:09 |
| #7 ...use a 13 foot Pole. Or a short Ukrainian stand-up comedian? Is it just me or does putting your HQ a mere 70 miles from the front line seem like a really stupid idea? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-04-10 12:06 |
| #6 The bear is drastically overrated. 10mm doubletap to the head. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-04-10 12:06 |
| #5 #3 If you going to poke the bear, use a 13 foot Pole. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-04-10 11:15 |
| #4 ^ Our multi-nymed troll |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-04-10 11:10 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Uleremp and Company7042 2024-04-10 11:09 |
| #2 You just have to poke the bear, don't you? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-04-10 09:07 |
| #1 And the Berlin Brigade was behind the lines for decades. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-04-10 07:55 |