Putin Retaliation and Threats

Putin's NATO threat

Russia deploys its newest howitzers to Finland's border months after it joined military alliance, infuriating the Kremlin

Finland's NATO accession, spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was met with threats of counter-measures by Moscow.

Russia will soon deploy its newest howitzers to its Northern Military District which borders Finland months after the European nation joined NATO - a move that infuriated the Kremlin.

The testing of the new Coalition-SV self-propelled artillery units has been completed and their mass production has already started, Sergei Chemezov, the head of Rostec told the state RIA news agency in an interview.

The first pilot batch will be delivered by the end of 2023, he said.

In 2021, Putin changed the status of the Russian Northern Fleet, whose zone of responsibility was chiefly the Russian Arctic, to the Northern Military District, incorporating into it also the Murmansk region.

Moscow will build up forces at its western borders following Finland's accession to the U.S.-led NATO alliance.

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