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Why Finland Wants One Million Landmines

Finland’s military plans to buy up to one million anti-personnel mines after leaving a treaty that banned them. Here is why.

By the Monochrome Chronicles desk, from reports by Al Jazeera, Yle, The War Zone and The Defense Post
Edited by Daniel Varrone · October 25, 2026, 9:50 PM ET · Watch the Short on YouTube

Photo: “Bisajärvi in evening light from the southwest in Sipoonkorpi, Vantaa, Finland, 2021 May” by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; adapted from the original.

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Finland wants to buy up to one million landmines. Here is why.

Finland shares a border of about thirteen hundred forty kilometers with Russia. Officials call Russia a long-term threat.

Finland announced in twenty twenty-five that it would leave the treaty, citing a worse security climate. It stopped being bound this January.

Now the Defence Forces plan to buy up to one million mines. Reports say about one hundred million euros is set aside.

Campaigners warn that landmines can harm civilians long after a war ends. Finland says its security comes first.

So the question is simple. Is Finland protecting its border, or reopening an old danger?

Sources

Al Jazeera, Oct 19, 2026: Finland seeking one million land mines as it eyes Russian threat
Yle, Oct 2026: Defence Forces want to buy one million anti-personnel mines
The War Zone, Oct 2026: Finland plans to build a million landmines
The Defense Post, Oct 15, 2026

This video edition was scripted with automated tools from the sources listed, narrated by a synthetic voice and published by Daniel Varrone. Corrections: editor@monochromechronicles.com

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