芬兰上一次进行防空洞安全测试是在1992年。34年后，赫尔辛基决定有必要恢复此类试验。9月中旬，芬兰武装部队在防空洞附近引爆炸药，以评估其抵御“现代战争威胁”的有效性。测试在罗瓦涅米市附近进行，距离俄罗斯边境约100公里，八名乌克兰专家从基辅赶来观摩。
Finland last conducted bomb safety tests in 1992. Now, 34 years later, Helsinki decided it was necessary to resume such trials. In mid-September, the Finnish armed forces detonated explosive charges near bomb shelters to assess their effectiveness against "modern warfare threats." The test was conducted near the city of Rovaniemi, roughly 100 kilometers from the Russian border, with eight Ukrainian experts having traveled from Kyiv to observe it.
芬兰、波兰、爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛共同与俄罗斯及其盟友白俄罗斯接壤，陆地边境线总长超过3500公里。在这些国家，以及拥有波罗的海战略要地哥特兰岛的瑞典，此类演习已变得司空见惯。这些国家均为欧盟和北约成员国，如今面临着战争的现实可能性。
Together, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania share more than 3,500 kilometers of land borders with Russia and its ally Belarus. In those countries, as well as in Sweden, whose island of Gotland occupies a strategic position in the Baltic Sea, such exercises have become commonplace. These countries, all members of the European Union and NATO, now face the tangible possibility of war.
自2022年俄罗斯发动对乌克兰全面入侵以来，这些国家不仅大幅提升军事能力、强化国际同盟，还开展了大规模努力，让社会各界参与民防。2014年克里米亚并入俄罗斯曾给这些国家带来震动，但2022年2月24日标志着一个转折点。“我们吸取的主要教训是，社会本身可能成为战场，”瑞典民防与韧性局局长米凯尔·弗里塞尔在斯德哥尔摩表示。
Ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, these countries have not only ramped up their military capabilities and reinforced their international alliances. They have also undertaken massive efforts to involve all sectors of society in civil defense. While the 2014 annexation of Crimea sent shockwaves through these countries, February 24, 2022, marked a turning point. "The main lesson we learned from this is that society itself can become a battlefield," said Mikael Frisell, director general of the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency, in Stockholm.