Finnish armed forces chief General Timo Kivinen said the country has been preparing for a Russian attack for decades and would put up stiff resistance.
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Lt-Gen Evgeny Buzhinsky said the West is playing with fire after deliveries of coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology were stopped from entering the Russian territory via Lithuania.
Gazprom said last week it would reduce supplies of fuel to Germany due to delayed pipeline repairs, but German authorities called the move political amid European support for Ukraine.