Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Finland will now be in trouble because of its NATO membership. Source: Putin in an interview with the programme Moscow. Kremlin. Putin Quote from Putin: "They just dragged Finland into NATO.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
Because that is all he can do at the moment.
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.