Finland will conduct military exercises with Sweden and Britain on combat firing

Next week, joint training of Finland, Sweden and UK from Northern Strike 125 and Northern Star 25 will begin. In total, about 6,500 servicemen will take part in the exercises, of which 900 are from Sweden and 350 from Britain.

Source: Kainu Brigadewhich manages the training, transmits “European Truth”

Details: It is reported that the Kainuu Brigade will conduct Northern Strike 125 and Northern Star 25 at one of the largest Rovaarvi landfills in Europe from May 12 to May 31.

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Learning aims to develop common combat skills and capabilities between countries.

The units that will participate in Northern Strike 125 will perform indirect fire tasks together with allies.

In addition, training will be included from the air for land purposes with the participation of AH-64e Apache combat helicopters from the United Kingdom and F/A-18 Hornet Finland Air Force. The infantry of the Yager Brigade will also be conducted.

« These exercises are a logical continuation of a series of previous exercises that have been conducted in recent years with the aim of developing combat capabilities together with our allies, » said the head of the exercise, Lieutenant Colonel Yukko Vorisalmi.

Prehistory:

• Earlier it became known that in Lithuania in May will pass Large -scale military exercises with the participation of the Lithuanian army and allies in NATO.
• It was also reported that in the port city of Hamburg in northern Germany in the fall Large -scale training will be held According to the scenario of a potential attack by Russia on NATO countries, which will require a rapid transfer of Western Allies to the East.
• And in the second half of May in Estonia will hold the largest and most complex in the world International Cyeroborons – Locked Shields, organized by the NATO Center in the Tallinn Cyeroboron.