Finland hosts first large-scale NATO artillery exercise since joining bloc

Finland is hosting its first large-scale NATO artillery exercise since the Nordic nation joined the military alliance last year, with live fire drills starting on Sunday. The exercise conducted in the northern Lapland region in November is part of Dynamic Front 25, the largest NATO artillery exercise ever held in Europe, with fire drills in Finland as well as Estonia, Germany, Romania and Poland.

Running from 4 to 28 November, it marks the first time NATO allies are practicing artillery fire at a large scale on Finnish soil. Up to 3,600 soldiers from Finland, the United States, Sweden, Britain, France and some other NATO members practising firing drills in the arctic forests of Lapland