Finnish take up shooting in wake of Russia’s war with Ukraine

(19 Dec 2024)
FINLAND SHOOTING RANGES
 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
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LENGTH: 6:19
 
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kerava, Finland – 2 December 2024
 
1. Various of reservists practicing at shooting range
2. Various of reservists preparing guns, before shooting practice
3. Wide of reservists
4. Action camera shot of reservist practicing at shooting range
5. Reservists checking targets following shooting
6. Bullet casing on floor
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Miikka Kallio, firefighter and reservist:
"It raises your adrenaline levels and, yeah, I’ve always loved shooting, since I was a little kid. So yeah, it brings your adrenaline levels up."
 
8. Various of reservist practicing at shooting range
9. Reservists watching 
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Miikka Kallio, firefighter and reservist:
"Some people do this just for fun. Some maybe because of our eastern neighbor. I’ve heard comments that, yeah, they’ve joined the reservists because of the Russian attack. But yeah, most people do it just for fun."
 
11. Tilt down of targets
12. Rifle 
13. Various of targets 
14. Various setup shots of Antti Kettunen, chairman, Vantaa Reservists Association, watching reservist practicing
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Antti Kettunen, chairman, Vantaa Reservists Association:
"We don’t have any issues with the security of your household. At the moment, you can leave your cell phone on the street and probably find it next day in the same spot. Finland is a safe place, but for some reason, they have something in the back of their head ringing that this is the skill, what I have to learn now. And that’s why they started and that’s why they practice. And that’s why they buy the guns."
 
16. Various of reservists checking targets following shooting
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Antti Kettunen, chairman, Vantaa Reservists Association:
"I think that the NATO is not the issue, I think that the wind has changed, now it’s blowing from the east."
 
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Helsinki, Finland – 2 December 2024
 
18. Low shot of Helsinki Cathedral exterior
19. People looking out from cathedral
20. Various of Helsinki Cathedral exterior
21. Low shot of tram driving by
22. People walking in city center
23. Ferry docked near city center
24. People walking by water
25. Various of Finnish flag
26. People crossing road in city center
27. Finnish and Ukrainian flags
 
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Helsinki, Finland – 3 December 2024
 
28. Various setup shots of Minna Nenonen, executive director, Finnish Reservists’ Association, sat at desk
29. Pan of NATO flag among others
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Minna Nenonen, executive director, Finnish Reservists’ Association:
"We had over 30,000 members after 2021. When Russia attacked Ukraine end of February 2022, since that day, for this day at the beginning of December 2024, we have grown almost 20,000 members and it’s a huge number here in Finland. And that’s why our member number is now already over 50,000."
 
31. Model of man holding rifle 
32. Association flag
33. SOUNDBITE (English) Minna Nenonen, executive director, Finnish Reservists’ Association:
"We just closed our eyes before Ukraine, but now it reminds us that they haven’t changed. And we have to take care that whatever is happening or coming from the east part of our border to Finland, we can survive, and we can take care of us."
 
34. Various of Finnish Parliament building exterior 
35. Statue of former Finnish PM Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
36. Setup shot of Jukka Kopra, National Coalition party MP and chair of Finland’s defense committee
 
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kerava, Finland – 2 December 2024
 
39. Rifle 

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