Mr Sergei Shoigu said he expected significant Nato forces and weaponry to be deployed in Finland. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - Russia will build up forces at its western borders following Finland’s accession to the United States-led Nato alliance, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told the governing board of the ministry on Wednesday.
“The collective West is waging a proxy war against Russia,” he said, according to his ministry, pointing to its “unprecedented support” for Ukraine in supplying tens of billions of dollars’ worth of weaponry to help Kyiv repel Russian forces.“a serious destabilising factor”. The two Nordic states abandoned generations of neutrality that had held throughout the Cold War to seek Nato membership following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.
“Today, at the meeting of the Board, we will consider issues related to the creation of the Leningrad and Moscow military districts, with the simultaneous strengthening of groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on our western borders.”
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