Russian Ambassador to Finland Pavel Kuznetsov said that the Russian-Finnish border has become a zone of potential escalation. The entry of the Finnish side into the North Atlantic Alliance has radically changed the strategic situation in northern Europe, he said.

He added that Helsinki is intensifying its participation in the bloc’s structures and is actively entering into military, logistical, and information warfare with Russia. He said that Finland had definitely joined the “war party” of the West against Russia.