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Finland's Spy Service Warns of Russian Interference, Attacks:
Finland must brace for Russian interference and hybrid attacks as it weighs whether to join the NATO military alliance, the security services warned on Tuesday.
The Nordic nation shares a 1,340-kilometre (830-mile) border with Russia and has remained militarily non-aligned since the end of World War II to avoid provoking its eastern neighbour.
[...] "The whole of Finnish society must be vigilant towards Russian attempts to influence Finnish decision-making regarding the NATO question," Antti Pelttari, head of the Finnish security services Supo, said.
Releasing its updated terrorism threat report, Supo on Tuesday highlighted the danger of "widespread Russian interference and illegal surveillance," but kept the national terror threat at level two, or "elevated", on a scale of four.
[...] Finland has previously been subject to so-called hybrid tactics from Moscow, such as repeated airspace incursions, or the release in 2016 of 1,700 migrants across the Finnish border.
Earlier this month the transport authority Traficom said it had received "numerous" reports from aircraft of GPS interference in eastern Finland, but was unable to identify the source of the interference.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by raz0r on Thursday March 31 2022, @04:26PM (8 children)
Finland needs to join NATO, don't waste time, otherwise this is reality. Recall that Ukraine was not accepted into NATO and Russia attacked it. If Ukraine had been in NATO, Russia would have abstained.
If you pay attention to Ukraine we can see how Russia was given the boot, although Ukraine does not have enough power to push Russia back to Moscow, but they can destroy them in Ukraine and free the country. Nevertheless, there are plenty of cannonballs in Russia, and it is a danger to countries that are not in NATO!
I almost forgot, the salary of an ordinary soldier is, 17400 Robles, which is about 211 U.S. dollars. (exchange rate: https://moneyconvert.net/rub/17400-to-usd) [moneyconvert.net] (salary source: https://visasam.ru/emigration/rabota/zarplata-voennosluzhashih.html) [visasam.ru] Yes, they are willing to die and kill others for that money. That's why Putin will be at war for a long time, he needs World War 3.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Thursday March 31 2022, @05:08PM (7 children)
I think your first paragraph is spot on.
Your second paragraph seems to be wishful thinking. Ukraine isn't going to take back Donetsk, Luhansk, Crimea, the canal, or the land bridge. That's all gone, and Ukraine doesn't have the power to change that.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @05:37PM
Such a shill
(Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Friday April 01 2022, @01:20AM (3 children)
Yet. We'll see what happens when Putin is no in power.
(Score: 2) by legont on Friday April 01 2022, @02:50AM (2 children)
Trust me, bro, you don't want to see who will replace Putin; even in your nightmares.
Hint. Chechen Muslim.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 01 2022, @03:25AM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 01 2022, @07:28PM
I thought RunZaway was taking over?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 01 2022, @07:26PM (1 child)
Now that the Russian invasion has turned into a 5-year plan, I wouldn't count out the chances of the Ukrainians taking back their territory.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 01 2022, @08:55PM
Where do you get the five year plan from? Do you have inside information from the Kremlin that the rest of us don't? Or, were you presuming that Russia wanted to take all of Ukraine?
From the beginning, I presumed that Russia wanted pretty much what they have right now. Donbass, North Crimea canal, and a land bridge. That, and destroy a bunch of shit in the rest of Ukraine, so as to make it harder for Ukraine to recover. I certainly didn't expect Russia to take and occupy all of Ukraine. Occupying those regions of Ukraine with a large population of Russian speaking and Russian ethnic population will be quite enough of a job. It appears that Mariupol will be a quite a large task for occupiers. Wait, and watch. When serious negotiation begin, Russia will almost certainly negotiate away a lot of what they occupy now, in exchange for the canal, and the land bridge.
One more time: I'm not saying that it's right, or it's wrong. That's just what I see happening.