According to EU sources quoted by the US "Politico" website, several European countries, including Finland and Poland, are considering large-scale restoration of marshlands bordering Russia as part of their national security and climate policy. The strategy is to make the restored wetlands a "natural barrier" against potential Russian invasions in the future, while also acting as a carbon dioxide absorber, which would have a positive impact on combating "global warming."
Europeans came up with such a "brilliant" idea possibly inspired by an incident that occurred during a military exercise in Lithuania in March this year. At that time, an American Army M88A2 "Hercules" armored recovery vehicle got lost and sank in a swampy area. This accident demonstrated that heavy equipment cannot traverse swampy areas.
However, such "projects" by neighboring countries like Poland and Finland are also beneficial for Russia. After all, these swamp barriers are two-way, meaning that if NATO were to launch a sudden attack on Russia, its equipment would also find it difficult to quickly break through Russia's border. In short, countries like Poland and Finland use swamps to create a natural isolation between themselves and Russia.
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