Finnish women are massively enrolling in survival courses because of the threat from Russia

The Women’s National Association of Finland conducts courses on survival in crisis situations due to the threat from Russia. The Guardian writes about it, reports UNN.

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The training takes place in the camp, which is located near the city of Kokkola. The youngest of the women is 18 years old, and the oldest is 70. The group, in particular, learns to survive in crisis situations, including building and extinguishing fires, cooking outdoors, and providing first aid.

“I didn’t think that Russia could attack us,” says 42-year-old Sari, who works in sales. But then, she adds, “They attacked Ukraine. I realized that maybe we are next.”

The training course, known as “Nasta”, is one of 40 held by the Women’s National Association for Emergency Preparedness across Finland. Other courses include cyber security, psychological resilience, wilderness skills, snowmobiling, and information impact. After the invasion of Ukraine, the number of applications for courses increased dramatically.

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Despite the lack of official military cooperation between the two neighbors, Finnish intelligence services call Russia the main threat to Finland’s national security and have little doubt that a hybrid war is underway in the country.

Last week, Finland’s foreign minister, Elina Valtonen, issued a joint statement with her German counterpart expressing “deep concern” over the alleged sabotage – one of two in the Baltic – of an undersea cable between Finland and Germany.

Helsinki also accuses Russia of using proxies, particularly asylum seekers, to aggravate the situation in its neighbor; suspicious break-ins of water treatment facilities and problems with GPS jamming were noted.

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