Finland Holds Lightning Strike 22 Military Exercise

ROVANIEMI, FINLAND - MAY 23: A Finnish soldier stands near a K9 Thunder 155mm self-propelled howitzer during the LIST 22 live-fire Lightning Strike military exercises at the Rovajärvi training grounds on May 23, 2022 near Rovaniemi, Finland. Finland, after decades of neutrality, is applying along with Sweden for membership in the NATO military alliance as a consequence of Russia's military invasion and ongoing war in Ukraine. Russia, which shares a 1,340km long border with Finland, has reacted angrily to the move and has shut down all natural gas exports to Finland in response. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)