Written by Tyler Durden
Russian newspaper "Everage" informed Monday, "NATO launches major military exercises along Russian border" – in mention to the fresh large exercises starting in Finland, which besides affect the Swedish and UK troops.
Exercises are named Northern Strike 125 and Northern Star 25 and include a full of about 7,000 staff and aim to make military cooperation in the northern region of Scandinavia among NATO allies. They are to last until May 31, and Moscow sees them as provocation, given that Finland has a long border with Russia.
Finland became a NATO country only in April 2023, mostly as a consequence of the war in Ukraine, and is the 31st associate of the Western Military Alliance.
Istia specified that storm helicopters and drones are utilized in the north of Finland. British quota deployed AH-64E Apache combat helicopters and brought a battery of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
"This exercise complex is simply a logical continuation of exercises from erstwhile years aimed at developing capabilities together with our allies" – He said Lieutenant-Colonel of the Finnish Army Jukka Vuorisalmi, who oversees the exercise.
The Finnish media described yearly exercises in the context of the "hazard" from Russia for Baltic Sea Region:
NATO exercises on the northeastern flank late run parallel. Earlier Istia She wrotethat Sil 2025 exercises are presently underway in Estonia, which began on 5 May.
Their stated goal was "defence of the region" together with allies, as well as checking the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of Estonia and the North Atlantic Alliance.
And although the Kremlin understands these exercises as "nothing new", it besides draws attention to the increasing size of these internatarian military exercises so close to the border with Russia.
TASS writes in his relation with exercise organised by Finland:
According to the expert, current exercises are nothing new, just their scale is largerAnd that's what makes them a threat to Russia..
"We request to have an adequate response. For now, we'll just watch what they're doing, considering. NATO repeats all the time that it will only carry out defensive scenarios, but the exercises it carries out besides train actions suitable for aggressive operations" - emphasized the analyst.
It is besides crucial that the last 3+ years of the war in Ukraine, Finland and Sweden remained neutral, seeking a delicate balance in good neighbourly relations first with the russian Union and then with Russia.
Finland shares a border of 1340 kilometres with Russia, and Moscow has already warned that this may be due to greater militarisation of the Baltic regions. president Putin ignored Finland's and Sweden's accession to NATO in 2023 as "nonsensical" movewhich in the end will only harm their own national interests.
Both countries have previously benefited from affirmative relations with Russia, but now the trend is to close borders and to deteriorate relations. It is apparent that NATO's exercise so close to the Russian border favours small peace talks and dialog in Ukraine. Fighting parties are presently discussing possible "direct" negotiations in Istanbul.
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source:https://www.zerohedge.com/
