Winter War, day by day.

[Dowly]

26 November 1939

"Leningrad military district HQ announced that on November 26 at 15:45 all
of a sudden artillery fire was opened from Finnish territory aimed at Soviet
troops stationed 1km Northwest of the town of Mainila. The Finns fired seven shells."
-Soviet information agency, TASS


"Due to the provocative and deliberate shelling aimed at Soviet troops from
Finnish territory, the Soviet government has been forced to declare that
the Finnish troops concentrated near Leningrad are not only a threat to
the city, but a hostile act towards Soviet Union, which has already caused Soviet casualties.
[..]
As a result, the Soviet government suggests that the Finnish government
immediately moves it's forces in Karelian Isthmus farther from the border,
20-26km away to prevent further provocations."
-Diplomatic note to Finnish ambassador Yrjö-Koskinen from Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov


Foreign Press in Mainila