NATO flexes muscles with Finnish drills on Russia’s Arctic doorstep 

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Finland is turning the Rovajärvi range into a NATO playground with some 6,500 troops from the UK, Sweden, and the Nordic country itself by staging large-scale war games.

 

The official script for this? Enhancing joint operations in "northern conditions"—a clear nod to gearing up for a potential Arctic showdown.

 

Led by Finland’s Kainuu Brigade, the exercises feature:

🔴 Northern Strike 125 (live-fire drills)

🔴Indirect artillery fire
🔴Air-to-ground close air support using AH-64E Apache attack helicopters
🔴(UK) and F/A-18 Hornets from the Finnish Air Force
🔴Infantry firing exercises conducted by the Jaeger Brigade

🔴 Northern Star 25 (simulated combat scenarios).

 

Who is taking part:

🔴Around 900 Swedish forces from the 19th Brigade based in Boden
🔴Roughly 350 British troops, including an infantry company, an MLRS battery, and AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. 

❄️ Finland’s paper snowflake Arctic flex is just so cute, but Russia’s icy steel grip laughs it off

 

Russian diplomat sees NATO exercise in Lithuania as directed against Russia

 NATO’S Thunder Fortress 2025 exercise in Lithuania is directed against Russia, but Moscow is working to make sure these efforts to project force are futile, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said.

Asked who the exercise was directed against, he replied, "Against us."

"Measures are already being taken. They have been announced: Two military districts are being re-established and a tank corps is being formed in Karelia. Other measures will be taken as we deem necessary in order to negate all these attempts to project force in the direction of Russia," the diplomat stated.

According to Grushko, all NATO exercises are linked by the intent to contain Russia and prepare the alliance for a military clash.

"We understand all this perfectly well. The military is closely following this. And in any case, the interests of our security and defense capability will be guaranteed," the diplomat said.

Thunder Fortress 2025 is scheduled to be held in Lithuania from May 13-27. About 8,000 servicemen will be involved in the international exercise.

 

 

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