How eastern European swampland could halt Putin’s warpath

Vladimir Putin’s aggression towards Europe has only been increasing in recent years – could this solution help prevent an outright attack on bordering nations?

Finland and Poland’s Defence Ministries have called for their countries’ bogs and marshes to be reflooded in a bid to make a new defensive line against a Russian attack.

The thick peat and swampland would make it nearly impossible for Russian tanks to advance into their countries, allowing more time to prepare a counterattack in case of an outright war.

After the Second World War, most of Poland and Finland’s natural marshes were drained and converted into farmland.

The drained bogs exude massive amounts of carbon dioxide, so their restoration is being called for not just for defensive purposes, but also for environmental ones.