Russia in the 4th district of the army command on the border with Finland
Russian troops stationed near Finland suffered heavy losses in Ukraine. In particular, their amount contains up to 25% compared to a smaller proportion of water, told Admiral Juha Vauhkonen, Chief of Intelligence of the General Staff of the Finnish Self-Defense Forces, Svenska Yle newspaper.
He clarified what he meant by regular ground troops, paratroopers and marines. In addition, a large number of utilities and special equipment were transported from various warehouses in Ukraine. According to Vauhkonen, only the Baltic and Northern fleets with their ships are in the same condition as a year ago.
Vauhkonen believes that Russia needs several years to restore the capabilities of the group, which was deployed near the borders with Finland. What will be expected from the state of the Russian economy after the end of the war and why countries will make decisions.
“The threat of a sudden direct Russian invasion of Finland in the near future is unlikely,” he said. In addition, Vauhkonen stressed that his country has worked hard on the technical and established international communications community and has “become stronger than ever.”
Reports of movements and losses of Russian troops have previously appeared both in the media and on social networks. Last fall Yle translated about the disappearance of anti-aircraft units and air defense systems, in view of St. Petersburg.
At the end of September, that Russia withdrew 80% of the troops on the border with Finland and the Baltic countries for transfer to Ukraine, wrote Foreign Policy with reference to the Western military. Before the start of the capture, a group of 30 thousand people was located there, but Moscow sent most of it to the front due to losses. According to an estimate by two unnamed EU defense officials, only about 6,000 Russian troops had been transferred to the Baltic ministry and the Kaliningrad region at that time.
January 24, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov declaredwhat the intention of Finland and Sweden to join NATO from among the possible ones, which involve the decision to “adjust the plan for the construction and development of the Armed Forces” of Russia, since it put the country’s leadership to “neutralize the threat to the threat”. In particular, for the purposes that the Moscow and Leningrad police districts were created, as well as the army corps in Karelia, he added it.