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On November 14th, 2023, the Finnish Interior Minister decried the Russian Federation for allowing individuals to approach the Finnish border without proper documentation. According the Interior Minister Rantanen, 71 Russian asylum seekers have fled to the Finnish border last week alone, a significant increase from the last year. She claimed that the Russian Federation is failing to vet or is...

The Finnish Ministry of Defense has announced a new tranche of military aid to Ukraine. The announcement reads below: ”Finland will deliver more defence materiel to Ukraine. The President of the Republic decided on the matter on 11 October 2023 on the proposal of the Government. This will be the 19th package of defence materiel to Ukraine. Replacing the defence materiel...

At 0620 EST, Russian state-owned media reported that the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Finnish Ambassador Helantera over "Anti-Russian" policies. It is important to note that Finland closed its land border with Russian in September 2022 and expelled two Russian diplomats over the invasion of Ukraine. In May, 2023, the Russian Federation terminated military base inspection agreements. By 0620 Russian state-owned...

According to the Finnish government, the Russian Federation terminated a key military supplement to the Vienna Agreement of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). This supplement has allowed the Russian Federation and Finland to inspect each other's military bases. Both countries have focused on inspections of the others' air bases in recent years. This agreement has...

At approximately 0800 EST, reports began to emerge of a Finnish Air Force aircraft crash in Keuruu, Finland. https://twitter.com/SiSuPoliisi/status/1658078033050255361?s=20 By 0816 EST, the Finnish Air Force had confirmed that a BAE Hawk jet trainer had crashed, with both pilots ejecting safely. The Air Force also confirmed that the pilots were being evaluated at a local hospital and reported minor injuries. https://twitter.com/FinnishAirForce/status/1658080692444471303 The Finnish...