Cars queue to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border check point in Lappeenranta,Finland.Credit:AP
Bodies lay on the street next to a wrecked bus surrounded by debris and twisted metal. A firefighter hugged a sobbing woman whose daughter had been killed inside the vehicle.
Finland border
Traffic arriving at Finland’s eastern border with Russia “intensified” overnight after Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation and remained elevated on Thursday but was under control,the Finnish Border Guard said.
At the Vaalimaa border crossing,roughly three hours’ drive from Russia’s second-largest city St Petersburg,three lanes of cars each stretched for 300-400 metres at around 1:15pm local time,a border official told Reuters.
The crossing is one of nine on Finland’s 1300-km border with Russia,the longest in the European Union.
Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen said on Wednesday Finland is closely monitoring the situation in its neighbour following Putin’s order on Wednesday of a mobilisation for the war in Ukraine.
Reuters withreporters