Putin commented on the countries’ membership on Wednesday in a long interview with the Russian media. However, according to him, Russia intends to move troops and equipment to the Finnish border.
the president of Russia Vladimir Putin according to Finland and Sweden joining NATO is meaningless.
Putin also said that his country would place troops and equipment on Finland’s border because Finland has joined NATO.
Putin commented on the membership of the countries in a long interview he gave to the RIA news agency and the Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1 on Wednesday.
– This is a completely meaningless step (for Finland and Sweden) in terms of their national interests. We didn’t have troops there (near the Finnish border), but now we are moving them there. We didn’t have weapons systems there either, but now we will have them, Putin said.
Putin has previously said that Russia will increase the number of military units near the border.
In the interview, Putin also took a stand on the inflamed relations with the United States.
According to him, Russia is still ready for nuclear war if its sovereignty is threatened, but right now, according to him, it doesn’t seem like the situation is rapidly escalating in that direction.
Putin, who is believed to win in Russia on March 15–17. presidential elections in March, still vowed that Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine.