Finland officially announced its intention to transfer Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine. Antti Hakkanen, chairman of the Defense Committee of the Finnish Parliament, said that Finland is ready to join the supply of armored vehicles to Ukraine, provided that other European countries do the same. We are talking about a batch of 100 Leopard 2A4 … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that joining Nato and abandoning Finland’s neutral status would be a “mistake”. He told Sauli Niinistö there was no threat to Finland’s security. The exchange came during a phone call made by the Finnish president, ahead of a formal request which Finland is expected to announce … Read more
What is NATO’s open door policy? On Wednesday, the Swedish and Finnish prime ministers held a joint press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, and announced that decision on whether or not the countries would join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would arrive “within weeks.” The two countries, which have maintained positions of neutrality on military conflicts that lasted through … Read more