MOSCOW/HELSINKI (Reuters) -The Kremlin, commenting on media experiences that Poland plans to ship “troops” to Finland’s border with Russia, mentioned on Wednesday the sort of transfer may just stoke tensions and that Russia would see it as a danger.Poland was once sending “a group of army advisors” to Finland, in keeping with “an authentic request for allied fortify within the face of a hybrid assault at the Finnish border,” the pinnacle of Poland’s Nationwide Safety Bureau Jacek Siewiera mentioned in a submit at the X social media platform.”A group of army advisors will supply on-site wisdom on border safety, additionally in operational phrases,” he mentioned.Finland has closed its border with Russia after a unexpected wave of refugee arrivals that Helsinki mentioned was once orchestrated through Moscow, one thing Russia has denied.Contacted through Reuters, Finnish government mentioned they weren’t in an instant acutely aware of such plans and may just no longer remark.Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, who visited his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on Nov. 20-21, was once no longer in an instant to be had for remark.In a choice with newshounds, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned in connection with Poland’s imaginable shifting of troops to the border: “That is a fully redundant measure to verify border safety, as a result of there is not any danger there.””The Finns should be obviously conscious that this may increasingly pose a danger to us – an build up within the focus of army devices on our borders.”Any deliberate deployment can be unprovoked and unjustified, mentioned Peskov.(Reporting through Reuters, Anne Kauranen in Helsinki;Writing through Felix Mild;Enhancing through Andrew Osborn and Bernadette Baum)
