Finnish President Sauli Niinistjo believes that the war in Ukraine will last a long time, and may take an unexpected path, including the use of nuclear weapons.
Sauli Niinistjo said this in an interview with the New York Times.
According to him, the war in Ukraine has become a wake-up call for Europe and NATO.
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Speaking about the fall of a Russian drone in Romania, which is a NATO member, Niinisto warned that Europe is in a very sensitive situations, and even little things can greatly change the situation, and, unfortunately, for the worse.
— “The risk of using nuclear weapons is enormous,” said the President of Finland.
Therefore, there is no need to rush to criticize those politicians who are hesitant to transfer certain weapons to Ukraine. We are talking about US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who are trying to be careful in supplying Ukraine with modern long-range missiles, because such weapons can easily hit Russians in occupied Crimea and even hit targets on the territory of the Russian Federation itself.
< p>According to Sauli Niiniste, even when the war in Ukraine ends, Russia will remain. And all of Europe should be interested in ensuring that Russia does not start a new war.
The President of Finland considers it necessary to find a way to maintain relations with Russia.
—I don’t mean great friendship. But the ability to endure, even to understand each other a little, he emphasized.
The president also recalled Finland’s wars with Moscow, in particular the Winter War of 1939 and World War II, when the Finns fought off the Soviet Union, but were forced to cede some territories. Niinistyo said European countries that weakened their defenses after the collapse of the Soviet Union made a serious mistake.
