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The reserve road base in Joutsa, Central Finland, has not been used for decades due to its importance as the main highway. But it took the Air Force a few days to prepare it for the exercise.
Fleeing Russians worry border will 'close forever'
'The mobilization is a first sign that something worse might happen,' says Oleg, a bar owner from Moscow; around 17,000 Russians left to Finland last weekend
Fearing the border may close "forever" after President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order for the war in Ukraine, Russians are rushing to flee across Finland's Vaalimaa crossing.
Fearing the border may close "forever" after President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order for the war in Ukraine, Russians are rushing to flee across