Russia's attack on Ukraine has led to a complete transformation of Finland's foreign policy. Whereas during the Soviet era, politicians in my home country often aligned themselves with the positions of our great eastern neighbor, and even at the beginning of this millennium avoided directly criticizing the blatant injustices it committed, today they are ready to respond to Russia's actions exactly as they deserve.
We saw another example of this today when the Finnish Parliament — unanimously, note, unanimously, from the left to the right — approved the government's proposal for a complete ban on Russian real estate acquisitions. As a result, Minister Antti Häkkänen (National Coalition Party) expressed his "great joy that Parliament so comprehensively supported this proposal, whose goal is to strengthen national security. This decision sends a clear message: we will not allow Finland to be destabilized."
Meanwhile, in Ukraine itself, Russian forces have once again attacked and even made some advances, but only at great cost. In particular, Ukrainian drones have caused significant destruction among the attackers. According to Ukrainian sources, drones have been responsible for as much as 70 percent of the losses suffered by Russian forces.
According to Finnish expert Pasi Paroinen, satellite images have made it possible to assess that Russia has almost no old Soviet-era stockpiles left. It remains to be seen what Putin and his military leadership will do once the very last museum piece has been retrieved from storage and sent to be destroyed by Ukrainian drones.
The question is: should they finally give up?
Previous thoughts on the same topic:
Finally, Finland Speaks the Truth Without Fear!
Putin Set a Goal — Failure Would Be an Embarrassment
Turning Points in the War in Ukraine and the West's Responsibility
They should give up and withdraw the troops back to Russia. It would be reasonable, but dictators never act reasonably and they don't think about the interests of their homeland or their citizens.
ReplyDeleteThey will even drive their homeland to complete destruction to save their own reputation.
Since Putin won't agree to a ceasefire, Trump and the West should further increase the pressure on Russia.
Slava Ukrajini!
According to Finnish TV news, "US Steve Witkoff meets Putin but Kremlin tells Russian public that breakthroughs should not be expected from negotiations."
DeleteSo Putin has no intention of moving towards peace.
In Finland, we are having a saying about:" Closing the stables door after the horse has escaped."
ReplyDeleteI hope Russia will lost it capabilities for aggression for the next million years.