Estonia and Finland plan to close the Gulf of Finland to Russian ships

Estonia and Finland are expanding their cooperation in the field of maritime defense and are developing specific plans that will allow closing the Gulf of Finland to Russian ships if necessary. This was stated by the commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, Major General Andrus Marilou, reports ERR, writes UNN.

Maritime defense is something in which Finland and Estonia will continue to increase their cooperation, and perhaps we can develop more concrete plans on how, if necessary, to completely interdict enemy activity in the Baltic Sea. Militarily it can be done, we are ready to do it, and we are moving in that direction,

According to the commander, the closure of the Gulf of Finland depends on the security situation.

According to Merilo, the closure of the Gulf of Finland depends on the security situation. “If there is a danger, and it will be necessary, we are ready to do it to protect ourselves,” he said.

Jaakko Puuperja, the former editor-in-chief of the military magazine Suomen Sotilas, commented on the situation to the Finnish media. He noted that closing the Gulf of Finland is technically possible. Geography itself contributes to this, not to mention the influence of mines. The missiles would also make life difficult for Russian ships.

At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the economic interests of Finland: the two most important ports of Finland – Helsinki and Hamina Kotka – are located on the coast of the bay.

If we were to find ourselves in a protracted crisis, when we would have to close the Gulf of Finland, then traffic would have to be moved towards the North Sea. This will not happen overnight, it would be a large-scale infrastructure project,

We will remind

Since August 8, Estonia has introduced enhanced customs control at all checkpoints with Russia. The goal is to prevent the importation of sanctioned goods, including military items and cash.