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Russia Builds Up Military Bases Along Finland Border, Satellite Images Show (united24media.com)

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Much of the buildup is happening in the Leningrad Military District, which borders Estonia, Latvia, and Finland. As part of a broader plan to increase the Russian army’s size to 1.5 million troops, small brigades stationed there are being expanded into full divisions of around 10,000 soldiers, the report said.

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[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Finland...

The Winter War - Finland vs the Soviet Union, lasted just over three months in 1939-1940.

Finland had about 300k soldiers, 30 tanks and 60 aircraft. The USSR had over 500k soldiers, over 3k tanks, over 3k aircraft.

Total casulaties was 70k vs. 350k. The USSR lost over 1500 tanks and 300 aircraft.

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

USSR still won that war though.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but they held back the Soviets for 2 months. And that was probably the Soviets at their peak, stronger than Russia is today.

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It was right after the massive Stalinist purges of the army. They were complete dogshit. Don't get me wrong, the Finnish put up a hell of a fight and I think they could've continued militarily, it was the government that decided to cut their losses, but the red army was pretty incompetent at the time.