Russia has seemingly fired another warning to the West after reports soldiers have begun moving military equipment towards the Finnish border.
The move comes as warmongering president Vladimir Putin told his enemies that they will face "consequences" if they "worsen the situation" in Ukraine.
Claims their fearsome missile system have now been shifted amid a further NATO row will do little to ease tensions.
Video has today emerged showing two Russian coastal defence missile systems driving ominously towards Finland's capital Helsinki, which sits on a peninsula in the Gulf of the country.
Russia has warned both the Finns and Sweden against joining the intergovernmental military alliance, arguing the move would not bring stability to Europe.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said her nation is still considering applying to join NATO by the summer following growing support.
Putin today insisted that his stalling invasion of Ukraine would still prevail as he chillingly threatened world starvation as a result of Western sanctions against Moscow.
The faltering attack, which has seen Russian troops retreat from Ukrainian cities and turn their attention on the Donbas region, is still going to plan, the flagging dictator insisted.
Now the missile systems - understood to be the K-300P Bastion-P mobile coastal defence system - has been seen on the move.
The deadly machine is designed to take out ships and aircrafts, military experts say.
US defence officials said Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been a "massive strategic blunder" - and is likely to lead to NATO enlargement.
They expect both the Nordic neighbours to bid for membership in the months ahead.
Twisted Putin vowed that troops will use "weapons of unprecedented characteristics" as he refuses to back down and admit his attempts to seize Ukraine are failing.
He was surrounded by security officers as he touched down in the far eastern region of Amur this morning to visit a space port in commemoration of the Soviet's first manned space mission.
His latest promise comes amid claims that Russian soldiers deployed illegal chemical weapons in the besieged city of Mariupol - where thousands of innocent civilians have been slaughtered.
In recent weeks reports have emerged of Putin's rising paranoia, with him terrified of assassination or a coup carried out by the country's top military chiefs.
War lord Putin is currently mainly living in a massive underground city protected from potential nuclear attacks that can house up to 100,000 people, it has also been claimed.
The academic who first alleged the Kremlin leader is seriously ill alleges the Russian president has retreated to a vast nuclear bunker as he lives in fear of his enemies.
Professor Valery Solovey, 61, also claims the dictator is unlikely to remain in politics beyond the end of this year due to poor health.
The UK's armed forces minister James Heappey made his own veiled threat to the Kremlin today.
He said "all options are on the table" if it's proven that Russian troops used chemical agents in Mariupol, which has not yet been verified by British intelligence.