In Finland, a series of two major military exercises started at the Rowardi training ground in Lapland, Interfax reports.
in the Lightning Strike 23 and maneuvers of Northern Forest 23, which begins on Monday, which will begin in two weeks, about 8 thousand military personnel, including more than a thousand of them, are military from the USA, Great Britain, Sweden and Norway.
In addition to the Ground Forces of Defense Forces, military personnel of the Air Force and the Border Guard of Finland will participate in the exercises.
The weapons of foreign military personnel are represented, in particular, by British Warrior infantry fighting vehicles and the Swedish BMP CV90, as well as American reactive systems of MLRS volley fire.
On April 4, Finland officially joined NATO.