Air defense of the Russian Federation in connection with the expansion of NATO is working out the defense of the northwestern border

Russian air defense forces said they were practicing border defense in the northwest due to the increased level of threats due to NATO expansion. This was announced by the commander of the Air Defense Forces – PRO – Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation Andrei Demin.

“On April 5, Finland joined the NATO bloc. Sweden is preparing to join the alliance. Under these conditions, the air defense troops are working out the issues of protecting the state border in the north-west of the country in accordance with the increased level of threats,” Mr. Demin told the newspaper. “A red star”. He did not give details of working out the defense of the border in the north-west.

The lieutenant general also said that in total, air defense crews conducted more than 200 tactical exercises in places of permanent deployment and at training grounds over the year. According to Mr. Demin, experience in the military operation in Ukraine made it possible “during tactical exercises to work out practical actions to detect and destroy unmanned aerial vehicles, rockets and ballistic missiles.”

Finland in April officially entered to NATO almost a year after the filing of the relevant application. Sweden has submitted a similar application, but the process of its membership in the alliance is complicated by Turkey’s demands.

On the expansion of NATO – in the material “Kommersant” “Finnish Volna”.

Leonid Uvarchev