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🇫🇮 Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen firmly dismissed the idea of “Finlandisation” for Ukraine, arguing that forced neutrality would not ensure peace with Russia, which Ukraine once held and was still attacked. She warned against imposing terms on Ukraine, emphasizing sovereignty.
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🇫🇮 Finland sets historic precedent as Russian paramilitary leader faces trial for 2014 Ukraine war crimes. Yan Petrovsky, under EU sanctions, accused of killing 22 Ukrainian soldiers while commanding Rusich unit in Luhansk.
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🇫🇮 Finnish President calls North Korea’s reported troop deployment to Ukraine a sign of Russian “desperation”, citing Moscow’s reliance on Iranian weapons and NK soldiers as evidence of isolation ahead of his China visit.