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Russian lawmaker threatens to 'blow up half of Finland,' says country turning into 'second Ukraine' (www.yahoo.com)

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"They continue escalation, trying in every possible way to anger Russia. We, of course, will not succumb to provocations, but we will strengthen our defense on this very significant section of the border. Even now, I assure you, we have enough military equipment concentrated there to blow up half of Finland."

Zhuravlyov accused Finland of "gradually turning into a second Ukraine" following its decision to join NATO in 2023.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Says the one who regularly violates Finnlands (and other nordic countries') borders with Jets and boats?

[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Finland has been preparing for a Russian invasion since the end of the last world war, joining the EU just made the relationship with their European neighbors official

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Both the USSR and Finland figured the fight would be between the great powers and the USSR. The USSR wanted Finland to be neutral to close off that route of attack, and Finland wanted to be neutral and sit out any war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Soviet_Treaty_of_1948

Under the treaty, which was signed on 6 April 1948, the Soviets sought to deter Western or Allied Powers from attacking the Soviet Union through Finnish territory,

Under the pact, Finland was obliged to resist armed attacks by "Germany or its allies" (in reality interpreted as "the United States and allies")[citation needed] against Finland, or against the Soviet Union through Finland. If necessary, Finland was to ask for Soviet military aid to do so.

The agreement also recognized Finland's desire to remain outside great-power conflicts, allowing the country to adopt a policy of neutrality in the Cold War.

Finland followed the Eastern Bloc countries' decision and did not participate in the Marshall Plan.

But that doesn't hold in today's world where Russia is little more that a terrorist country that wants bits of land, so they joined NATO.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Air power / missile technology is way beyond what it was in 1948, too. Attacking "from Finland" might be convenient, but it is not at all necessary.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Neutral countries usually means a no fly zone, and that probably goes for low flying missiles too.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Finland is ready for the invasion - assuming Russia doesn't have any technology developed since 1940

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 20 hours ago

They've invented lots of technologies since the 1940s unfortunately for Russia they then burnt it all in the first 6 months of the war so now they're back to Soviet era tanks.

Meanwhile everybody else's stock by all is still at 100%.

China is also unlikely to be too supportive in that area, they would like Russia to win against the West, but they also know that's not going to happen without China joining the war (Russian air force essentially no longer exists and their navy has been effectively neutralised), and they don't want to do that. So second best option is to let Russia collapse and then take a bit of territory from themselves.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

Russia already blew their load and couldn’t defeat Ukraine. Finland bloodied Russia when it was a real world power. I guess they have nukes, but that’s in reality a losing move. The paper tiger has crumpled. That’s what a kleptocracy gets you, weakness