Experts do not agree with the Swedish major General Bjorn Andersson (Björn Andersson), who presented his vision at a lecture at the Academy of Sciences of Sweden. In his opinion, “best case scenario Russian troops will come to the borders of Sweden for three days, and after that the events will develop very rapidly.” Major-General also expressed hope that in case of need Sweden can receive assistance in matters of defence “from friendly countries,” if there is a conflict.
“The aim is to restore the great Russia and control neighbors in some way” − said Andersson.
“This is nonsense. If Russia will focus all its military forces on the borders of Northern Finland, of course, it is after some time will go through the whole of Finland, but three days such a transition cannot be performed”, − said the Pauli järvenpää (Pauli Pori), senior researcher of the International centre for defence and security.
According to the researcher, national defence College of Sweden Thomas Ries (Tomas Ries), Russia has no goals in the North of Scandinavia. But if she for some reason decides to attack, it will take more than three days, if Finland decides to defend.
“Of course, the main threat to Finland would be Russia’s attempt to invade Helsinki. Then there would be a full-fledged war, and the situation would be quite different. In the near future is hardly expected,” says Ries.
According to him, Andersson was able to Express concern about the state of the defence forces of Sweden.
Reader comments
Reijo Mansila (Reijo Manssila)
Of course, Russia will come to the border with Sweden via Finland, and the Finland.
Packalen For It. Jari (Jari Packalen)
If Russian fast technique, they will be able to travel through the country for half an hour. On the border with Finland is full of loopholes.
Knuutila Klaus (Klaus Knuutila)
If Finland joined NATO, the country would be a worthy defense. It is hard to imagine that this question could be alone.
Putkinen Juhani (Juhani Putkinen)
Finland will be able to hold off the Russian attack, IF Finland will be able to conduct a full mobilization, at least a week before the start of action on the part of Russia.
I still fear that Finland would begin to gather strength only when the Russian troops will be in the depths of Finland. Then we really find ourselves in a very bad position.
Unfortunately, the fact remains that the willingness of Finland to the defence of close to zero on weekends, on holidays and anniversaries. Russia may undertake a surprise attack at this moment.
