Several senior Kremlin figures have been making verbal attacks against Finland in recent days, disparaging the northern European nation as if to lay the groundwork for an offensive.

The defensive alliance rushed to mobilise duty warplanes today to repel the Russian jets which violated its member's airspace.

Several senior Kremlin figures have been making verbal attacks against Finland in recent days, disparaging the northern European nation as if to lay the groundwork for an…

"From a military and military-political point of view, we now have to take into account that we have a huge border - more than a thousand kilometers - with a new NATO member,"…