Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that he “does not understand” why Finland has decided to become a NATO member after decades of neutrality, adding that Russian weapon systems will now be deployed near its border.
Source: Putin in an interview with Kremlin-aligned propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov
Details: Putin claimed that Russia and Finland had “perfect relations” with no complaints against each other, and he, therefore, “did not understand” why Helsinki decided to join NATO after Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine.
“We didn’t even have troops there, we withdrew all our forces from the Finnish border. Why would they do that? I think it was purely for political reasons. They probably wanted to be members of the Western club under some kind of umbrella,” said Vladimir Putin, adding that he considered it a “senseless step” for Finland’s interests.
“But it’s up to them, they made the decision. We had no troops there, and now we will have them deployed. We didn’t have any weapons [near the Finnish border], but now we will,” he added.
Background: Russia began threatening Finland over its NATO aspirations even before Helsinki had made a final decision to apply, with the Russian Foreign Ministry promising a response of a “military, technical and other nature”.
At that time, a video, which appeared to be staged, was also released, supposedly featuring the deployment of Russian Bastion coastal defence systems towards the Finnish border. Back then, Finnish experts noted that the presence of these weapons systems on the Karelian Isthmus was not something out of the ordinary, while Finnish activists jokingly filmed an identical video of “tractor forces” being sent to the border with Russia.
In early 2023, Russia’s Defence Minister announced the creation of a new army corps in Karelia, which will include three motorised infantry and two air assault divisions. At the same time, the creation of the Leningrad Military District was announced.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, congratulating Sweden on completing its accession to NATO, reminded the Kremlin that Russia should “thank” itself for the new expansion of the Alliance.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/13/7446268
“Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that he “does not understand” why Finland has decided to become a NATO member after decades of neutrality, adding that Russian weapon systems will now be deployed near its border.”
You know damn well why Finland and Sweden joined NATO, because you forced them to join, by attacking a sovereign country to expand your nazi state. I’m sure Finland won’t be worried in the slightest about your threats, you have no weapons to even defend russian oil terminals, never mind a 1600km border.
An A50 plane was damaged after all in the hangar in Tarantog. Confirmed. The Russian word for destroyed is damaged.
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Well if their nuclear weapons are great as their other weapons being the second best military in the world, I’ll bet that if launched it may barely reach the outskirts of Moscow.
To make a judgment about the state of Russia’s nuclear weapons, we should take a look at its nuclear powered navy vessels:
“Russia cuts nuclear class ships, scrapped cruiser Pyotr Velikiy”
There’s rusting, inoperable hulks in all Russian ports! Much more of a danger to the own population than for other countries. Nobody outside of Russia needs to be afraid of these weapons.