The situation on the Finnish-Russian border
border remains
stable, although the day before two
people managed to illegally cross the land border into the country the day before, after which they filed
asylum applications. At the same time, the Border Guard Service of North Karelia
reports that since the closure of the Niirala border crossing, no cases of
of unauthorized crossing have been detected. This is reported by UNN with reference to Satakunnan
Kansa.
Details
The Finnish Border Guard
Border Guard Service of Finland says it is stepping up border surveillance across
territory. Over the past few days, the situation has remained stable, according to border guards,
however, according to a preliminary report from the Border Guard of Southeastern Finland
two people managed to illegally cross the
the land border between Finland and Russia.
On Saturday, one
person climbed over the fence at the Vaalimaa border crossing to the Finnish side and applied for asylum.
side and applied for asylum; on Sunday morning, one person
illegally crossed the land border between Finland and Russia south of the Vaalimaa border crossing.
of the Vaalimaa border crossing.
At the same time, the Border Guard
Service of North Karelia reports that since the closure of the
Niirala border crossing on Friday evening, no asylum seekers have arrived at the
Niirala border crossing point.
Recall
Russian
dictator Vladimir Putin has said that Russia does not want to fight with NATO countries, but that Finland will have
Finland "will now have problems" because of its accession to the Alliance.
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