Tag: defense forces
US Marines deployed in a strategic location in Finland – this is what they are | Policy
The story in a nutshell: US Marines have been training regularly in Dragsvik in Tammisaari. The soldiers have also participated in extensive joint exercises between NATO countries, such as the…
Israel destroyed the Syrian army in an instant – expert: the strike was unique in military history, but still not very clever | Foreign countries
According to estimates, it was destroyed in a couple of days with strikes by planes, warships and drones up to 80 percent Equipment of the Syrian Armed Forces. The Israeli…
Russian fighters approached US B-52s on the same day as the Finnish exercise | Foreign countries
On Monday, the B-52s trained together with Finnish Hornet and Swedish Grippen fighters. 26.11. 21:28•Updated 26.11. 22:42 Russian SU-27 fighter jets approached to conduct a reconnaissance flight of US Air…
Russian soldiers open up in a rare interview: “You can’t go back, because your own troops will shoot you” | Russian invasion
Bereg cooperative of independent Russian journalists has interviewed three Russian contract soldiers who served in Ukraine. translated some of the rare interviews into Finnish. The cooperative has changed the names…
Sweden increases its armed forces | News in brief
The ministers responsible for defense presented the defense budget for the next five years. 14:44•Updated 16:02 Sweden plans to increase the number of personnel in its armed forces to 130,000…