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Finland ‘ready to fight Russia if attacked’
Finland’s
armed forces chief, Gen Timo Kivinen, said his country was prepared for a
Russian attack and would put up stiff resistance in the event that one should
occur.
Finns are
motivated to fight and the country has built up a substantial arsenal, Kivinen
said in an interview. He said:
The most
important line of defence is between one’s ears, as the war in Ukraine proves
at the moment.
Finland has
maintained a high level of military preparedness since the second world war,
having fought two wars in the 1940s against its eastern neighbour, with which
it shares a 810-mile border.
Kivinen
said:
We have
systematically developed our military defence precisely for this type of
warfare that is being waged there [in Ukraine], with a massive use of
firepower, armoured forces and also airforces.
He added:
Ukraine has
been a tough bite to chew [for Russia] and so would be Finland.
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