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Meanwhile Finland's Red-Green government oppose military aid to Ukraine. They send tent poles and slightly used underwear instead. "We have none to spare", say
by timonoko 5y ago
Meanwhile Finland's Red-Green government oppose military aid to Ukraine. They send tent poles and slightly used underwear instead.
"We have none to spare", says the foreign minister from the Green Party. https://www-aamulehti-fi.translate.goog/uutiset/art-2000008646922.html?_x_tr_sl=fi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-aamulehti-fi.translate.goog/uutiset/art-20000086...
- savant_penguin 5y agoIn their defense they are right on the side of the raging bear
- steve_adams_86 5y agoAgreed. The dynamics for Finland are very complicated here. And “none to spare” when this close to the raging bear could be very true. I don’t mean to imply Russia is about to attack Finland - I have no idea what’s next. It just wouldn’t be crazy for the government there to be asking themselves how prepared they need to be rather than sending aid away from home.
- timonoko 5y agoThere was also an issue about Russian howitzers bought from (East) Germany. Finland gave them to Estonia as military aid. Estonians tried to send them to Ukraine, but Green-Reds from both Germany and Finland opposed this.
- timonoko 5y agoBTW. There are millions of slightly used and crooked AK-47s stock-piled all around. It is the last-ditch weapon of Finland. Those are to be distributed among civilians when the land is occupied. Very suitable solution to Ukraine too, methinks.