Finland’s people want to join Nato despite Russia’s warnings
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Published 2022-05-16
Today, Sweden followed Finland to confirm it would apply to join the military alliance, both risking the wrath of Moscow.
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Sweden has pursued a policy of neutrality for 200 years - while Helsinki's non-alignment is fueled by fears over the security of its long 830-mile border with Russia.
But now that frontier could soon belong to Nato - just 250 miles from St Petersburg.
In Moscow today, President Putin claimed that Russia had no problem with either country joining Nato, but he warned that the "expansion of military infrastructure into this territory would certainly provoke our response... we shall see what threats are created for us”.
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All Comments (21)
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Finland: “We want to join NATO.” Russia: “There will be consequences.” Finland: “We want to join NATO even more.”
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I make an appearance in this video as one of the training reservists. The arrival of the news media was a welcome surprise!
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Regards from Poland. God Bless this country , Finland.
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When you have the sort of neighbours we do, it’s not that weird.” Thanks Doc, summed it all up.
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The military also trains everyone for first aid, evacuation and such so that everyone can help if someone is injured. I served last year and everyone was trained to basically patch up a bullet wound.
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Go Finland! With love, from Italy :-)
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Im from the UK and am happy to have Finland join. They proved how brave and capable they are during the Winter war. It should make us all feel a little bit safer knowing that the Fins are on our side. God bless you, Finland.
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Well done Finland. Love from Scotland
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The level of ingenuity behind Finland's defence is mind blowing.
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"NATO recruiter of the year award" should be sent to Putin to display in his office.
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finland is such an awesome country, much love from Denmark
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Finland people are very courageous. Harassments, intimidations and Threats from Russia will not discourage them.
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Finnish people are badasses right out of the box!
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I love their resolve ... They are so organised.
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Thank you our Finnish brothers we got your back 🇺🇲🇺🇦
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Gotta love the Finns! Long live Finland.
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When russians warning and threatening Finland to join Nato is like throwing gas in fire.
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According to Europe-wide polls, Finns have the highest willingness to defend their country in Europe (poll question: "are you willing to fight and go to war for your country"). As we've seen in Ukraine, motivated troops are key to a successful army. Ukrainians had the 3rd highest willingness in the same poll.
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I feel very safe having Finland as our neighbor to the east. Swedish-Finnish brotherhood is very strong, may our friendship last a thousand years 🇸🇪🤝🇫🇮
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I love the Finns, good people. I met quite a few as an immigrant to Canada in an English language class in 1970. Instantly likeable and I still remember a few of the Finnish words I learned. I have fond memories of them.
