{"id":19209,"date":"2022-06-22T22:06:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T17:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=19209"},"modified":"2022-06-22T22:10:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T17:10:19","slug":"heavily-armed-finland-warns-vladimir-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/06\/22\/heavily-armed-finland-warns-vladimir-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavily-armed Finland warns Vladimir Putin and promises to fight if it is attacked."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The commander of Finland’s armed forces declared today that should the Kremlin authorise an invasion, his people would be forced to battle tooth and nail against Vladimir Putin’s forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Finland’s commander of military forces, the country has spent decades preparing for a Russian invasion and would put up strong fight if it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nordic nation has amassed a significant arsenal. General Timo Kivinen noted that in addition to the military equipment, the motivation of the Finns to battle is an important consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to an interview with Kivinen, “the most vital line of defence is between one’s ears, as the war in Ukraine illustrates at this time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1940s, Finland took part in two conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was originally a non-aligned nation, but due to worries that Russia would invade like it did invading Ukraine on February 24, it is now applying to join the NATO military alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helsinki has maintained a high degree of military readiness ever since World War Two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a heavy reliance on firepower, armoured units, and airforces, Kivinen added, “We have methodically constructed our military defence particularly for this type of conflict that is being waged there (in Ukraine).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Finland and Ukraine have proven to be difficult for Russia to swallow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the two wars Finland waged against the Soviet Union, 100,000 Finns died and it lost a tenth of its area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5.5 million-person country has 280,000 wartime troops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The commander of Finland’s armed forces declared today that should the Kremlin authorise an invasion,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1055],"class_list":["post-19209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-finland"],"yoast_head":"\nHeavily-armed Finland warns Vladimir Putin and promises to fight,<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to Finland's commander of military forces, the country has spent decades preparing for a Russian invasion,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/06\/22\/heavily-armed-finland-warns-vladimir-putin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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