"For 6 million euros": Finland can already start building a fence on the border with the Russian Federation - the media

About it writes the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reports that a short section of the fence should be built in southeastern Finland, and the project includes not only the fence, but also the road passing along it, and technical supervision. If the project is approved, it will be launched in the near future, 2022. The material also states that the construction of a border fence also needs to be discussed with landowners and possible redemption of lanes of land on the path of the fence.

Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin said there is grounds for creating a partial state border fence between Finland and Russia. She also said she was going to convene the leadership of parliamentary groups and parties in the shortest possible time so that the project was widespread. The newspaper writes that discussing the construction of a fence at the border from the Russian Federation began in Finland immediately after the start of a full -scale war in Ukraine.

Now the fence is planned not to be built along the entire length of the eastern border of Finland, but in the most dangerous areas, such as border crossings and their surroundings. The main part of the fence will be in the area of ​​focus of border control in Southeast Finland. According to the plan of the Finland Border Service, the fence will be 130-260 kilometers long. The construction of the entire fence is a project for several years, and its total cost reaches hundreds of million euros.

Earlier, Focus reported that in Finland, they announced a package of military assistance to Ukraine and told about a nuclear threat. In Finland, they stated that Ukraine had a total cost of 93 million euros. They believe that it will take a long time to support Kyiv in the war against the Russian Federation. Earlier it was reported that the Finnish Patria Pasi's Finnish armored personnel carriers were "lit".