Their bases have been about where the tent villages now are for decades. They’re training grounds for new conscripts until they’re moved to die in some ditch in Ukraine. Who knows why they’re more active now, maybe Ukraine is getting pretty good to hit their targets deep in Russia so they need to move further away from the front line or whatever.
This has absolutely nothing to do with Finland, beyond the fact that our border just happens to be nearby. And should they actually try start an active war with NATO from there, these grounds are mostly in reach of Finnish artillery and our artillery is pretty damn efficient on what they do.
they were dumb enough to try it in the winter war.
Finalnd is a NATO member. Russia ain’t fucking with NATO
They are “fucking with” NATO, historically, but not attack. Lots of “im not touching you im not touching you” on the borders and north sea. Military submarines where they are not supposed to be. Sudden declarations of artillery practice in international waters causing ship travel to reroute, then not actually doing practice…
This needs to be said over and over - Russia is and has been at war with NATO for over a decade and NATO doesn’t seem to even realize it.
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No, but it’s going to keep some resources and equipment in Finland, instead of being sent to Ukraine.
this is true for both sides…
If they do it wouldn’t be Finland anyway
If they’re going to attack a NATO member (humongous if), it definitely isn’t going to be Finland. It’s gonna be one of the Baltic states.
I kinda hope they’d be dumb enough to get their shit kicked in by Finland AGAIN. Gonna find an entire nation of Simo Häyhä’s waiting, this time with javelins and drones.
Yeah they are really forgetting how badly they’ll get their asses beat. Because not only do they have NATO, they have the EU, plus most of the british commonwealth, and so many more countries ready to come fuck their plans up incredibly hard.
gotta be bluster.
So if the Russia sycophants use “NATO on their doorstep” as an excuse to forget Russia to invade ukraine wouldn’t this build-up on the border of a NATO country give NATO the same excuse? I’m sorry I have trouble keeping up with the “logic” of Russia apologists.
You dont have to. It is all vibe based ideology. Like all good fascist propaganda.
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And here’s the other thing. It’s not the 1800s. Russia has a nuclear triad. Wtf is a buffer state for again exactly?
Nobody seems particularly alarmed by this, least of all Finland. I doubt Putin is going to go from losing a war against Ukraine to losing a war against Ukraine and Finland and the rest of NATO too. Seems like this “buildup” has been there for a while and is only growing presumably because Ukraine is getting really good at striking targets inside of Russian borders.
It’s being reported by the “Moscow Times” so that alone makes me dubious about this even being real
Even when Finland was “neutral”, we always knew the enemy is in east, and if they were west, they were trying to flank.
Whole Finnish infrastructure is build on expectation of Russia again attacking us. Hopefully we won’t forget that, now that we are part of NATO, because it makes us less easy target.
I’m just surprised they still have equipment to build up there.
Here is the article this article is using for its source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/europe/russia-finland-border.html
Edit: Yes, the article isn’t great, and clearly has a Russian bias. I was just linking it becuase its the original, and more complete source.
This is one of the least informed articles I’ve ever read. Phrases like “From Moscow’s perspective, the Russians need to bolster their defenses to protect themselves from NATO expansion” is just a cherry on top. Lmao.
NATO expansion? 😂
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Fuck putin
Here we go boys! WW3! Lets watch the destruction of the world order AGAIN. I wonder which side Trump will take? The allies he hates or the autocrat he adores?
No
Finnish people love metal. I bet it helps them in battle. At least +10 attack.
Russians storming a village with nice colorful houses. Suddenly the Deathmetal starts playing.
Finnish Coma-Doof Warriors.
How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!?
With what? Motorcycles and Ladas?
Tents, shelters for fighter jets and warehouses for military vehicles show increased Russian presence near one of NATO’s newest members.
Oh no so scary, tents and shelters!
Rumours has it that the rare tank you see there is non operational too (or they would be in Ukraine waiting to be demolished).
The image used here and in the NYT article shows a training ground, these are temporary tents for training troops.
I seem to remember, training exercises was what they told the initial troops that went into Ukraine was happening. So, while I really doubt they will do anything. That’s really not an indicator either way for Russia.
“A likely excuse.”
