Europe’s new ‘Iron Curtain’: Miles of barbed wire fences built at Russian borders
A new ‘Iron Curtain’ has descended across Europe as Baltic countries strengthen their borders amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. | Countries like Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have reinforced their borders with barbed wire. Poland built a 115-mile steel wall and has since strengthened its border further with barbed wire, reports MailOnline. Other Baltic countries have now followed suit – with Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin saying the country’s 830-mile border with Russia will be ‘fortified’. It is expected the border across the Baltic states will be 2,106 miles in length by 2025, but this provides little protection against missiles and tanks.