Is it true that Finland transferred the tanks to the Russian border?

In early May 2022, a video spread through social networks and news channels, on which the train transports several dozen tanks. It was argued that Finland sends this technique to the border with Russia. We checked how true such information is.

Here's what Telegram channel said "Ukraine 365" On the night of May 3 to 4: “Finland throws military equipment to the eastern border. Residents of Tamper (Finland) fix the transfer of military equipment to the border with Muscovy. These are mainly Leopard tanks. ”

Indeed, in the attached video, you can see the movement of a large railway station loaded with tanks. Against the background, speech is heard, similar to the Finnish. About 90,000 people read this news in the Telegram channel. It was also distributed by such popular Russian and Ukrainian resources as "Dialog.ua", "New Live", "OTR", "Today" (also in Telegram), "Ridus", "Landw24" And "Yoplakal". Corresponding note on "Picabu" Read more than 200,000 people.

In recent weeks, the news on military topics related to Finland often fall into the headlines of the world media. It is primarily about the possible entry of the country to NATO. April 13, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin She saidthat Finland over the next weeks will decide whether it should be applied to the North Atlantic Alliance. April 22, Secretary General NATO Jens Stoltenberg notedthat in the Alliance will gladly accept Finland and Sweden in their ranks in case of their desire. And on May 9, the media with reference to representatives of the military bloc Reportedthat the process of coordinating the alleged application will be held in an accelerated mode and will take only about two weeks.

Nevertheless, at the time of the appearance of the news, Finland has not yet been a member of NATO. And on May 4, the press service of the defense forces of Finland made statement: “A video is distributed on the Web stating that tanks are being transferred to the boundaries of Finland. This is not true. The tanks were transferred to the mechanized exercises of the ARROW 22 ground forces. The exercises are held in Niinisalo and Syakul. ”

And indeed, back in mid -April, the Finnish military department announced The military exercises of Arrow 22 (May 2–13, 2022) with the participation of the military of Great Britain, Latvia, the USA and Estonia, with the owners of the exercises should be represented by the armored brigade. It was planned that caterpillar equipment will be delivered to the place of exercise by rail. Add that the indicated populated points They are located in the south-west of Finland, not far from the coast of the bay, in almost the maximum possible distance from the Russian border.

It would seem that the question is resolved. However, in our time it is impossible to unconditionally trust official messages, especially if they are made by military departments. Therefore, I would like to know the place of filming of the video in question. And it is not difficult to find it, since in the above -mentioned Finnish city Tamper there are not many places of intersection of the railway with roads. Here One Of these, in the northern part of the city. As can be seen from the entourage, this is the same place:

In the left side of the frame since the last shooting for Google Street View (July 2009) a new high -rise building has grown:

Finally, comparing the direction of the train on the video with the map, we are convinced that the composition goes to the west:

Tamper itself is located in the south-west of Finland, and about 100 km from it the sea begins. This is the opposite direction of movement. But in the same way, you can get to the places where the exercises should have been conducted.

Thus, all facts say that a common message is a bona fide mistake or conscious misinformation.

The image on the cover: Wikipedia.

Not true

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1. No, a video sod show finland moving tanks to the russian border