The Balkan situation was much more similar to what's going on in Ukraine right now, there was really no immediate threat to the rest of Europe. Invading especia

The Balkan situation was much more similar to what's going on in Ukraine right now, there was really no immediate threat to the rest of Europe. Invading especially Sweden is completely different in this regard. If Sweden, why not Denmark, the Baltics, etc. Finland is unique as it has historically been both Swedish and Russian territory, and borders both, but it is still nowhere near as ambiguous as Ukraine. There will be no breakaway provinces in Finland like Donetsk and Luhansk, there was no mass movement of Russian nationals to Finland during Soviet times as there was throughout the Soviet union. There is very little footing for Russian sentiment in Finland, and Finnish culture is at its core defined by the atrocities committed in the Civil War following the fall of the Tzar, and later the Winter War and Continuation Wars with the Soviet Union. Wars with Russia is part of Finnish DNA. It is just a completely different situation to what goes on in the former east bloc.