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Finland is about to conduct military exercises with NATO countries

The Finnish military said the drills will take place in the Archipelago Sea, located in the vicinity of St. Petersburg of Russia 540km to the west.

“The exercise will take place on April 28-29, with the participation of minesweepers and minesweepers from Estonia, Latvia and the Netherlands. The main purpose of the exercise is to find and locate objects under the water. During the exercises, we learned to conduct group activities, which we rarely did. This will help maintain international expertise,” the head of the Finnish Coastal Fleet, Commander Mikko Villikari, told RT.

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The Latvian ship LVNS Virsaitis arrived in Finland on April 25. Photo: Yle.fi

According to Mr. Villikari, it is expected that the two minehunting ships Purunpaa and Vahterpaa of the Katanpaa class of this country will participate in the exercise activities with the Latvian ships LVNS Virsaitis, the EML Sakala ship from Estonia and the ship HNLMS Schiedam in the service of the Dutch Navy. Lan.

The Finnish site Yle.fi said that minesweepers of NATO countries participating in the exercise were present in this country on April 25.

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Estonia’s EML Sakala ship arrived in Finland on April 25. Photo: Yle.fi
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The Dutch ship HNLMS Schiedam arrived in Finland on April 25. Photo: Yle.fi

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