The Nordic countries may join the Bucharest Nine group of former Soviet or Warsaw Pact countries to form a Nato eastern flank bloc, reports the Finnish News Agency.
Germany’s Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) in Helsinki on Thursday.
The aim is to build a multi-layered counter-drone system, including a fixed surveillance system on the eastern border and the coast, as well as mobile counter-drone capabilities nationwide.
Authorities exploded the detached warhead of a suspected Ukrainian drone found in Iitti, midway between Lahti and Kouvola. The sound was caught on a reporter’s video.
Real estate purchases may be used “to gain a foothold in the country or to undermine public authorities’ ability to act,” warned Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP).
President Alexander Stubb heads to the Munich Security Conference while PM Petteri Orpo (NCP) meets with EU colleagues at a Belgian castle before a visit to the Winter Olympics.