• atro_city@fedia.io
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    11 months ago

    Isn’t Finland in NATO now? Putin isn’t dumb enough to actually start shit with NATO. It’s exactly why he started shit with Ukraine that isn’t in NATO yet.

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      11 months ago

      They are, and they also have a defense pact with the US. Direct confrontation would be stupid as that could trigger NATO Article 5, so Putin will likely try to stir shit on a non-military level (social, political, imports, etc).

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        11 months ago

        Putin will likely try to stir shit on a non-military level (social, political, imports, etc

        Because that is all he can do at the moment.

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      11 months ago

      Putin is probably miffed as the signing of a defence cooperation agreement between Finland and the US looms, which would bring US weapons to Finnish soil on a permanent basis. This is a step towards practical implementation of NATO defense collaboration.