Finland joined NATO roughly one year ago in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A Russian ambassador had harsh words for Finland on Saturday, warning that the country would retaliate against the new member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if nuclear weapons were placed on Finnish soil.

Finland is one of the newest European countries to join the military alliance, being officially welcomed into the fold in April 2023. The Nordic nation was spurred to seek membership by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and its increased threats of aggression against other nations. Sweden is the latest country admitted to NATO for this reason, joining on March 7.

Both nations announced that they were considering applying for membership in May of 2022, only a few months after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russia has long viewed NATO as an antagonistic force, given the influence of founding members like the United States and the United Kingdom. NATO members are also obliged to provide military aid to other members in the event of an attack, meaning that Russia risks a much larger conflict should it take action against the likes of Finland.

    • el_bhm@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      8 months ago

      Maybe he can become a helicopter and fly the fuck away.

      BTW it is Shojgu and Medeveideviedev are the sabre rattling. Putana is the calm and collected intellectual that jokes.

    • uis@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      It is club actually, which makes it even more impressive

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    8 months ago

    I hope they simply send even more arms to Ukraine. Fuck Russia.

    You can donate yourself as well, Ukraine has an official platform for donations: United24.

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
      18·
      8 months ago

      Unfortunately they lost Karelia. It wasn’t the great victory the memes make it out to be.

      • TheChurn@kbin.social
        20·
        8 months ago

        While Finland lost, the difficulty the Soviets encountered during their offensive was noted by the powers at the time. It was another factor convincing the Nazis that invading the Soviet Union wasn’t as terrible and idea as the balance of resources and forces would suggest.

        Historians still debate whether the Soviets intended to conquer all of Finland at the onset of the war. While the eventual peace treaty left Finland ceding more territory than the initial Soviet ultimatum demanded, Finland retained its sovereignty, which was incredible given the disparity in military power and the existence of a puppet Finnish communist government.

        • uis@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          “Minsk finns are marching on finns’ mines”

          “Минские фины идут на финские мины”

  • bhmnscmm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    8 months ago

    Has the US/west made any statements or moves towards moving nuclear weapons into Finland? Seems like that would be unnecessary.

    • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeEnglish
      18·
      8 months ago

      Doesn’t matter. Any nuclear attack on ANY NATO ally is seen as a direct attack on the US/NATO members.

      This is just a dork waving his 3 inch dick.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      8 months ago

      We often loan weapons to allies. I have not heard Finland ask for nuclear weapons.

    • Lorindól@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      8·
      8 months ago

      Finnish legislation strictly forbids storing nukes inside our borders, even transporting them via our territory is a no-no. But laws can be changed.

      Putin’s whining about nuking Finland is ridiculous. Most of the time the prevailing winds here blow to the general eastern direction, detonating a nuke or few above our capital would nicely contaminate both St.Petersburg and the Finnish Gulf right in front of it. And using tactical/strategic nukes against our defences would happen near the Karelian border, which would irradiate Putin’s and his cronies precious dachas located in the stolen Karelia.

      So they most likely won’t be doing that. But on the other hand Russia has clearly demonstrated that their actions are not based on rational thinking, so it remains to be seen.

    • el_bhm@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      8 months ago

      Russia has nukes in Belarus and Kaliningrad Oblast.

      Double standards and pussy sabre rattling. All they know is huffing and puffin.