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Сountries of Northern Europe will continue to support Ukraine as long as it is necessary - joint statement At the Ukraine-Northern Europe summit in Helsinki on May 3, the presidents of Ukraine and Finland and the prime ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden made a joint statement. 03.05.23 19:38 1 362 3 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine War

Official ceremony of Zelensky’s meeting in Finland. VIDEO President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived on an official visit to Finland. 03.05.23 13:20 6 200 35

Zelensky arrived on visit to Finland President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will pay an official visit to Finland today. 03.05.23 12:03 5 216 32

Finland will allow US to place military bases on its territory, - mass media The agreement on defense cooperation between Finland and the United States will provide for the possibility of the presence of American military personnel and military equipment on Finnish territory, as well as the conduct of military exercises. The agreement does not cover nuclear weapons. 01.05.23 19:06 2 458 19

Finland to send Ukraine a new military aid package Finland is to send military equipment to Ukrainian military taking part in exercises under te EU’s European Union Military Assistance Mission for Ukraine (EUMAM-Ukraine). 21.04.23 20:16 2 949 5 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine

Finland became 31st member of NATO Finland became a member of NATO. 04.04.23 15:53 6 369 95

Finnish Foreign Minister Haavisto signed document on country’s accession to NATO. PHOTOS The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, signed the document on Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Alliance. 04.04.23 14:46 2 582 16

Turkey agreed to Finland’s accession to NATO The Parliament of Turkey ratified Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Alliance. 31.03.23 00:21 2 962 18

Putin wanted less NATO in Europe, but Alliance’s border with Russia is to more than double - Stoltenberg NATO’s border with Russia is to increase by more than twice. 20.03.23 22:15 3 384 23

Following Turkey, Hungary also ratifies Finland’s accession to NATO separately from Sweden The faction of the ruling party of Hungary "Fidesz" decided to consider separately the issue of ratification of the protocols on joining the North Atlantic Alliance of Finland and Sweden. 17.03.23 17:43 3 095 10

Turkey will ratify Finland’s entry into NATO separately from Sweden, Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the country will ratify the protocol on Finland’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization separately from Sweden. 17.03.23 17:14 2 191 7

Turkey is going to ratify Finland’s accession to NATO, - Bloomberg Turkey is approaching the ratification of Finland’s accession to NATO. This will bring the Alliance one step closer to accepting the 31st member. 17.03.23 12:33 2 147 8

We all have to work together so that Ukraine wins war, - Prime Minister of Finland Marin Ukraine needs general firm support, so everyone should work together for its victory in the war with Russia. 11.03.23 19:26 2 762 6 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine

Finnish Prime Minister Marin allows discussion of Hornet fighter jets to Ukraine Finland may start discussing transfer of its Hornet fighter jets to Ukraine. But there are conditions for such deliveries. 10.03.23 22:33 8 370 40 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine War

Finland for transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, - Prime Minister Marin The Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, supported the idea of freezing and seizing Russian assets and transferring them to Ukraine. 10.03.23 16:26 1 404 3 Previously in trend: War

Finland is preparing 14th package of military aid to Ukraine, - Prime Minister Marin Finland has already provided Ukraine with military aid worth 750 million and is preparing the fourteenth package. 10.03.23 16:09 2 062 4 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine

Finland allowed Estonia to re-export 122-mm howitzers and their shells to Ukraine At a meeting on Wednesday, the Finnish government approved a permit for Estonia to re-export its military equipment and equipment to Ukraine. 09.03.23 19:27 4 577 17 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine

On day when Russia launched full-scale attack on Ukraine, it became obvious that Finland would be member of NATO - Prime Minister Marin Finland’s membership in NATO became obvious to the Finnish people on the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as only membership in the Alliance is the "line that Russia will not cross." 18.02.23 15:04 2 052 12 Previously in trend: War

Prime Minister of Finland Marin: "War would not have happened if we had reacted more sharply to seizure of Crimea" Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin called the world’s insufficiently strong reaction to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014 a big mistake. 18.02.23 12:36 4 235 39 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War

Parliament of Finland will vote on joining NATO without waiting for decision of Turkey and Hungary On February 28, the Parliament of Finland is scheduled to vote on the application for joining NATO 17.02.23 19:35 2 501 13

Finland also participates in "tank coalition", - Minister of Defense, Savola Finland is part of the coalition to provide Ukraine with Leopard main battle tanks, which involves cooperation not only in the supply of these machines but also in the provision of spare parts, tank crew training, and logistics. 14.02.23 13:45 5 144 14 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine War

Finland announces new military aid to Ukraine Finland is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine. This will be the 13th package, but it is not yet known what it will include. 13.02.23 21:48 6 457 10

Finland has not yet decided to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that the decision to send German Leopard tanks to Ukraine, to which Berlin has already agreed, has not yet been made. 12.02.23 21:29 2 229 16 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine

Finland will go to NATO together with Sweden, despite readiness of Ankara to send it invitation earlier For now, Finland remains unchanged in its decision to move towards NATO membership together with Sweden, despite difficulties in negotiations between Stockholm and Ankara and hints from Turkey that Finland’s application is ready to be ratified sooner. 30.01.23 15:48 1 079 3

Finland does not exclude involvement of Russia to disruption of Sweden’s introduction into NATO Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto does not exclude Russia’s involvement in burning the Koran during a protest in Sweden last week, which is why Turkey refused to support this country’s accession to NATO. 28.01.23 17:57 5 933 38

President of Finland Niinisto arrived in Ukraine. VIDEO The President of Finland, Sauli Niinisto, arrived in Kyiv on an official visit. 24.01.23 15:41 3 912 12

Finland will transfer heavy artillery and ammunition to Ukraine Finland allocates the 12th package of military aid to Ukraine, which, among other things, will include heavy artillery and ammunition. 20.01.23 10:30 5 182 8

If Ukraine was in NATO, there would be no war, - Finnish Prime Minister Marin Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin believes that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if it were a NATO member. 17.01.23 22:14 4 831 69 Previously in trend: War

Provision of Leopard tanks to Ukraine will be discussed in Ramstein, - Finnish Defense Minister Savola On January 20, at the meeting of Ukraine’s allies at the Ramstein airbase in Germany, the issue of supplying Leopard main battle tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be on the agenda. 16.01.23 16:03 4 694 26

Putin miscalculated in Ukraine, like Stalin in his attack on Finland, - Finnish President Niinistö Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, when invading Ukraine, miscalculated in exactly same way as Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin when attacking Finland in 1939. 01.01.23 22:09 8 387 59 Previously in trend: War

Stoltenberg expects Sweden and Finland to join NATO in 2023 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made it clear that he does not expect Turkey to block the entry of both countries into the Alliance for a long time. 26.12.22 17:47 1 250 3

Finland cancelled meeting of Joulupukki and Santa Claus at border due to Russia’s attack on Ukraine Finnish Joulupukki and Russian Santa Claus no longer meet on Finland’s eastern border because of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. 23.12.22 20:30 4 593 43 Previously in trend: War

President of Finland Niiniste doubts that relations with Russia will be established in near future: "There is nothing to talk about now" President of Finland Saule Niiniste believes that Helsinki should cooperate with Moscow given the large common border, but the normalization of Finnish-Russian relations in view of the war in Ukraine may take a long time. 11.12.22 20:48 1 375 10 Previously in trend: War

Finnish Foreign Minister Haavisto did not support Macron: We need guarantees specifically against Russia Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto did not support French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement that Russia should allegedly have "its own security guarantees" when it returns to the negotiating table. 05.12.22 17:08 5 875 16 Previously in trend: War

War in Ukraine has shown that Europe is "not strong enough" - Finnish Prime Minister Marin Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin believes that Vladimir Putin’s invasion and occupation of part of Ukraine revealed both European weaknesses and strategic mistakes in relations with Russia. 02.12.22 12:23 2 970 46 Previously in trend: War

Baltic and Nordic countries promised to support Ukraine and increase pressure on Russia: "Only Russia is responsible for destruction and humanitarian catastrophe" Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden promise to provide further economic, military and humanitarian support to Ukraine and to strengthen sanctions against Russia. 28.11.22 21:11 1 272 13 Previously in trend: Aid to Ukraine War

Zelensky met with Foreign Ministers of seven North European countries. PHOTOS President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Estonia - Urmas Reinsalu, Iceland - Thordis Kolbrun Gilfadottir, Latvia - Edgars Rinkevics, Lithuania - Gabrielus Landsbergis, Norway - Anniken Witfeldt, Finland - Pekka Haavisto and Sweden - Tobias Billstrm. 28.11.22 20:06 3 401 13 Previously in trend: War

Heads of foreign affairs of Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden arrived in Kyiv. PHOTOS The foreign ministers of Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden arrived in Kyiv. 28.11.22 13:21 9 103 28 Previously in trend: War

Prime Ministers of Poland and Finland addressed Ukrainians: "You are fighting for European values and future. We are for you and with you". VIDEO Ukrainians are fighting not only for their country, but also for European values, so they can always count on Warsaw and Helsinki’s support. 20.11.22 23:56 3 765 4 Previously in trend: War

Finland has not confirmed media reports about arms smuggling from Ukraine, - MFA Throwing in the news about the alleged smuggling of weapons from Ukraine to Finland is yet another Russian misinformation. 31.10.22 17:55 3 326 21

Ministry of Internal Affairs refuted fake about smuggling of weapons intended for Ukraine to Finland: "Information operation of Putin regime" The information about the smuggling channel of Ukrainian weapons to Finland is another fake of the Kremlin’s propaganda. 31.10.22 16:45 1 715 9 Previously in trend: War

Hungary will ratify applications of Sweden and Finland to join NATO by end of year, - Minister Gulyash Hungary and Turkey are the only NATO countries that have not yet ratified the accession of Sweden and Finland to the alliance. 23.10.22 18:05 3 525 38

Finland wants to build fence on border with Russia, - Politico In this way, the Finns are trying to stop Russians who try to cross the border illegally 27.09.22 15:51 2 243 25 Previously in trend: Russian agression

Putin will not accept any defeat in Ukraine, - President of Finland Niinisto Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto has warned of a dangerous moment in the war in Ukraine, as Russian president Vladimir Putin has invested too many resources in an invasion that has turned against him. 26.09.22 10:12 16 842 72 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

In one week, 88% more Russians entered Finland than before Queues of cars lined up at all checkpoints on the border between Finland and Russia. 24.09.22 15:38 3 337 32

Finland is ready to announce restrictions on entry of Russians The Finnish authorities will announce a principled decision regarding Russian visas and tourists. Entry will be severely restricted. 23.09.22 19:57 4 311 28 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War

Finland plans to introduce humanitarian visas for Russians who oppose war The Finnish government is considering the possibility of introducing a new type of humanitarian visa for Russian citizens. They will be issued to people who oppose the war in Ukraine. 31.08.22 22:16 3 348 39

Baltic countries, Poland and Finland may ban entry of Russian tourists, - head of MFA of Lithuania Landsbergis Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Finland, which share a border with Russia, may ban Russian tourists from entering their countries if the restrictions are not implemented at the level of the European Union. 23.08.22 17:37 1 642 14