Russia does not have enough military power to threaten — Finnish general

The head of military intelligence of Finland, General Pekka Turunen, said that Russia does not have sufficient military power to seriously threaten the interests of the Scandinavian state.

A Finnish military official told the STT news agency:

"It will be years before Moscow strengthens its troops in Northern Europe."

In a report published on the eve of the Military intelligence Directorate of the Finnish Armed Forces, it is assumed that "after the end of the war, Russia will probably give priority to the north-western direction and will strive for faster implementation of reforms, including within the framework of the updated Leningrad Military District, neighboring Finland." However, the Finnish general believes, "to achieve this goal in the current poor demographic situation in It will not be easy for Russia."

General Turunen noted that the current goal of Russia's hybrid influence on Europe is "to create an asymmetric situation in which the enemy does not know exactly what is happening."

The main goal of Russia, as we read in the report of Finnish military analysts, is for the West to agree with the division of spheres of influence in Eastern Europe.