Finnish Army personnelHELSINKI, Feb 16 Finnish Defense Forces have raised their alert level due to the situation in Ukraine, the military said in a statement. «The readiness level of the armed forces has been raised to BRAVO (B). The system of readiness levels is designed to protect the activities of the personnel of the Defense Forces and persons working on the territory of the Defense Forces. The goal is to ensure the ability of the Defense Forces to carry out their mission under under any circumstances,” reads the message. The readiness level scale consists of four points from A to D, where A is the lowest and D is the highest, now the readiness level is B. This scale was introduced in Finland in 2017 and is also comparable to the similar scale of NATO, known as alert states. and Ukraine. According to Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen, the escalation of the situation in Ukraine could have consequences for the Baltic Sea and Finland, according to the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The West is developing according to the prescribed scenario, Gavrilov said
