For support and trolling: In Finnish cities at the border from the Russian Federation, the anthem of Ukraine will sound

Residents of Russia, who are reminiscent of the war against Ukrainians, are regularly coming to border cities. The authorities of the Finnish city of Lappeenran, which is located 20 km from the Russian border, made the decision daily by the end of August to turn on the anthem of Ukraine in the evenings, Yle writes. The National Anthem will thundered from the roof of the City Theater of Lappeenran in the city center every night at 7:30 pm.

The authorities also plan to illuminate the town hall building with blue and yellow colors, in addition, Ukrainian flags were hung on a flagship in front of the City Hall and in the local port. The Finnish newspaper notes that in the neighboring city, the Imatra Anthem of Ukraine sounds daily since late July. From the name to the Russian border, less than 10 km, respectively, in good weather, the sounds of Mikhail Verbitsky's music can be attached to the border crossing.

In another Finnish city - Hamini - the Ukrainian flag has been fluttering over the flag tower since June. With the help of these actions, Finns want to demonstrate the support of Ukrainians, as well as remind numerous Russian shopping tourists who come to the border cities for shopping, about Russia. Local journalists asked if Finland could express their position on Russian aggression against Ukraine already at the border, for example, raising the Ukrainian flag there.

However, the border guards rejected this idea. "The border service is a state body, and in this role it does not take any position on political issues," said the manager of public relations of the headquarters of the Border Service, Pyayva Kaasinen. At the same time, on August 3, on the sidelines of the road leading to the border crossing of Niral, someone installed homemade signs in Russian with anti -war inscriptions.

Posters contain calls for Russian tourists to read news in Russian on Finnish and Swedish sites. Earlier, the coalition party's youth department bought a place on a billboard near the Russian border in Valimima to remind the Russians of the pain of Ukrainians. Representatives of political force also pointed out that, thanks to tourist visas, citizens of Russia can circumvent sanctions and go to other parts of Europe through Finland.