28 December, 2024 The Finnish patrol ship OPV Turva and the detained tanker of the Russian shadow fleet. Photo credits: Finnish Border Guard
The Russian tanker Eagle S (IMO: 9329760) that was boarded by Finnish law enforcement officers had spy equipm…
26 December, 2024 Eagle S oil tanker. Illustrative photo.
Finland has boarded and detained the Eagle S tanker, suspected of damaging the Estlink 2 submarine power cable connecting the country to Estonia.
The Financial Times reported on this.
The Finn…
10 December, 2024 An anti-personnel mine in Finland. 2000. Source: Jussi Nukari / Lehtikuva
In Finland, a civic initiative has collected signatures in favor of Finland’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Treaty, which prohibits the use of anti-personnel min…
5 December, 2024 Transportation of armored vehicles in Finland. 2024. Photo credits: Finnish Ministry of Defense
Finland has decided to provide Ukraine with a new defense aid package.
The Finnish Ministry of Defense reported that the package approved…
5 December, 2024 An American M270A2 missile launcher during an exercise in Finland. November 2024. Source: Lockheed Martin
The US military has successfully tested an improved M270A2 missile launcher in Finland.
Lockheed Martin, which is performing th…
28 November, 2024 An unmanned aerial vehicle. Photo credits: Summa Defense
Finnish defense company Summa Defense Ltd will build a plant to produce unmanned systems in partnership with Ukrainian companies.
The joint venture is expected to meet the nee…
28 November, 2024 Archer self-propelled guns in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, December 2023. Photo: 45th Artillery Brigade
The heads of government of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Sweden issued a joint statement i…
24 November, 2024 Coast Guard ship OPV Turva. Photo from open source
The Finnish Coast Guard has sent a patrol ship to investigate the site of cable damage in the Baltic Sea.
This was reported on the official page of the Coast Guard on X.
The patrol …
24 November, 2024 Project 20380 “Mercury” corvette, St. Petersburg, 2023. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Russia has deployed a warship into the Kattegat Strait between Denmark and Sweden to observe a Chinese ship that damaged cables.
The Finnish …
The Finnish company Cinia reported problems with its communication cable running under the Baltic Sea.
The Yle newspaper reported that this cable connected Finland and Germany.
On November 18, Cinia, a fiber optic network company, reported a problem wi…