Posted on 05/28/2025 3:56:30 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Satellite images have revealed how Moscow is bulking up its military presence on the Finnish border - in a chilling echo of pictures taken of Russian bases before Putin launched his war in Ukraine.
Moscow is building troop accommodation, aircraft deployment infrastructure and refurbishing old facilities at key military bases, analysts have said, in a sign it is seeking to reinforce its capabilities in the border region.
The pictures, which were obtained by Swedish broadcaster SVT from Planet Labs, suggest there has been activity at four locations inside Russia - Kamenka, Petrozavodsk, Severomorsk-2, and Olenya.
In Kamenka, which is around 35 miles from the Finnish border and was previously undeveloped, more than 130 military tents capable of housing some 2,000 troops are said to have been set up since February.
Kremlin officials hit back at Finland and Sweden's recent accession to NATO at the time with a vague threat of 'military-technical response measures' - which now appear to be well underway.
'When we applied for NATO membership, Russia said it would take such steps. We are now seeing that happen,' Sweden's Chief of Defence Michael Claesson said.
In November 2021, US officials expressed concern over satellite images showing Russian troops massing on the border with Ukraine - a claim the Kremlin dismissed as unfounded. Less than four months later, Putin launched his full-scale war on Ukraine.
Moscow has accused NATO of acting as an aggressor rather than a defensive alliance, and has repeatedly vowed to defend itself by any means, using GPS jamming and other methods.
Finland's accession to NATO on April 4, 2023, which extended the alliance's border with Russia by over 800 miles, provoked fury in Moscow, with Putin's cronies warning that the use of nuclear weapons would not be off the table if conflict were to arise.
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To intimidate Finland, of course.
Can't be true.
The Ukies on FR have assured us (year after year) that Putin's run out of troops.
I think the Germans learned the hard way to fight two fronts at the same time.
Russia has burn up a lot of man power and equipment in Ukraine,
Where’s is he going to get it to fight with Finland
The last time they attacked Finland they got their skis waxed.
Trump has questioned Putin’s sanity.
Who do we stand with Trump or Putin?
They have forgotten what happened the last time they tried to invade Finland.
Attacking Finland would obligate NATO to go to war with Russia. Russia knows this. Russia also has had no significant complaints with Finland, has made no demands or threatened escalation, and Finland has no history of mistreating ethnic Russians. In short, this report and its insinuations are nonsense.
What a clickbait BS headline
I can’t believe Russia invaded Ukraine by setting up a tent city that could hold a whopping 2000 troops (sarcasm)
This is the story. The rest is warmongering.
Oh good cow. Like the Russians are going to invade Finland with a measly few thousand troops.
They’re there to keep an eye out for infiltrators and saboteurs crossing into Russia.
Last I checked, there were some 6,000 foreign NATO troops in Finland. Does the DM think they’re going to invade Russia?
Silly overblown scaremongering. What British tabloids do best.
Sweden can draft their muzzies.
“more than 130 military tents capable of housing some 2,000 troops are said to have been set up since February”
That’ll do it.
“To intimidate Finland, of course.”
Either that or Finland is a HOSTILE COUNTRY to Russia, just joined NATO, and is position troops on their border with Russia.
The Ukies on FR have assured us (year after year) that Putin’s run out of troops.
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If intel picks up on local Russian hardware stores running out of shovels, NATO might as well launch a preemptive strike
“The last time they attacked Finland they got their skis waxed.”
But they still won. But more important - like Ukraine, the Finns knew they had 2 options - capitulate to the Soviet Union’s terms, or become part of the Soviet Union.
They chose wisely and thus were free and prosperous during the Cold War.
'When we applied for NATO membership, Russia said it would take such steps. We are now seeing that happen,' Sweden's Chief of Defence Michael Claesson said.
So you saw what happened to the Ukies when they thought about joining forces with NATO, and you thought what?
"Nahh, that won't happen to us."
How would Tom Clancy handle it?
“They have forgotten what happened the last time they tried to invade Finland.”
That they won?
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