Finland reduced bilateral relations to “zero” by joining the US-led military bloc, the Kremlin has said
Finland has launched large-scale military exercises 100km from the Russian border, the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF) has said.
The new NATO member’s ‘Northern Strike 225’ artillery firing drills, which kicked off on Monday, will continue for a week at the Rovajarvi shooting range in the north-eastern part of the country, the FDF said in an earlier statement.
The war games brought together three Finnish brigades, the country’s border guards, and a Polish multiple rocket launcher battery, according to the statement.
A total of 2,200 personnel and…
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