{"id":48954,"date":"2026-07-14T16:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=48954"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:35:12","slug":"russia-is-massively-deforesting-areas-near-finland-to-build-military-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/europe\/russia-is-massively-deforesting-areas-near-finland-to-build-military-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"russia is massively deforesting areas near Finland to build military bases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite images and media investigations have documented widespread deforestation in border areas of russia near Finland. In these areas, russian military personnel are hastily constructing new facilities, including hangars for equipment, ammunition depots, and barracks.<\/p>\n<p>This construction is a direct response from the kremlin to Finland&#8217;s accession to NATO. Despite claims of &#8220;no territorial claims,&#8221; moscow is deploying additional military forces to intimidate Northern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The deforestation to create new bases indicates russia&#8217;s long-term plans for the militarization of the region. The occupying forces are creating infrastructure to accommodate new units of the leningrad military district, attempting to create constant tension on the borders of NATO countries.<\/p>\n<p>The military construction near the border with Finland destroys any myths about russia&#8217;s &#8220;peacefulness&#8221; and proves that the kremlin views European countries as potential targets for military pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite images and media investigations have documented widespread deforestation in border areas of russia near Finland. In these areas, russian military personnel are hastily constructing new facilities, including hangars for equipment, ammunition depots, and barracks. This construction is a direct response from the kremlin to Finland&#8217;s accession to NATO. Despite claims of &#8220;no territorial claims,&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":932,"footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}