Just guessing here but it might also have something to do with the neighbour to their south that was invaded by Russia last year which NATO was created to defend against.
I'm going off history when a much larger and better equipped Soviet Union Army went after Finland and the the Russians were turned into frozen corpses.
The Russian Army today has had their equipment degraded due to war and sanctions. They are having to use T55's essentially as direct fire gun platforms not tanks due to age to use their ammo due to their own ammo shortages. Meanwhile,
Finland has free access to buy arms. We've already seen what a determined opponent could do to Russians with flat open and indefensible terrain, now see what happens with the Fins that have highly defensible terrain.
During the Winter War, the Fins had 340K troops vs Russian 760K troops. Final results 26K dead Fins to 168K dead Russians. For every dead Fin, the Russians lost 6.5.
Just guessing here but it might also have something to do with the neighbour to their south that was invaded by Russia last year which NATO was created to defend against.
Uh, sure, you could use any excuse. Doesn't change their economy is falling apart and they're in no position to defend themselves.
Their land is heavily wooded and they fought the Soviets to a negotiated peace. Their land is defensible.
I'm going off history when a much larger and better equipped Soviet Union Army went after Finland and the the Russians were turned into frozen corpses.
The Russian Army today has had their equipment degraded due to war and sanctions. They are having to use T55's essentially as direct fire gun platforms not tanks due to age to use their ammo due to their own ammo shortages. Meanwhile,
Finland has free access to buy arms. We've already seen what a determined opponent could do to Russians with flat open and indefensible terrain, now see what happens with the Fins that have highly defensible terrain.
During the Winter War, the Fins had 340K troops vs Russian 760K troops. Final results 26K dead Fins to 168K dead Russians. For every dead Fin, the Russians lost 6.5.