for charly, this is from preethi, who asks. do you think russias war with ukraine, whenever that will end, will lead to a more united europe despite the tragic loss of lives? yes, i do. yes, ido. both yes, i do. both europe as an idea as well as the european union. i think it will be psychological, but also practical in terms of how we cooperate. whether it is on energy, defence, security, i think it is a great tonic also to the kind of post kabul withdraw anxiety we have had in europe and transatlantic relations with the us leadership. from a finnish perspective it is easy to see that it has improved. the uk s response is genuinely improved its image in europe, showing the uk wants to be part of europe, even if it is not part of the eu. europe, even if it is not part of the eu- of the eu. shorn, let s bring ou in. marie wants to know. at what point do we in the west, say enough ? putin is destroying a country and sanctions are not stopping him. when is enough enough? there
european perspective for ukraine, not that ukraine becomes an eu member very quickly, but that ukraine is given eu membership perspective this summer. that i think will be the key in this geopolitical game uncertainly am not alone in finland hoping that this will be the case. i have never seen this much support for almost anything in finland as i have no witness in ukraine and for ukraine to be part of europe in this geopolitical game. europe in this geopolitical came. , ., ., game. interesting to hear your ersonal game. interesting to hear your personal perspective game. interesting to hear your personal perspective and, - personal perspective and, roman, a great question. john says how will it be possible for us to live with, or have any relations with russia after
terms would be really costly. in terms of the shipping route they terms of the shipping route they are terms of the shipping route they are blockaded at the moment so their ships can t get through. moment so their ships can t get through, but at the same point 0desa through, but at the same point odesa does not seem to be in any imminent risk of falling. joe is any imminent risk of falling. joe is saying russia has more weapons than ukraine, let s bring sean back in ukraine, now, kris has asked whether russia has more firepower to draw on? it isa it is a well worded question because it is about fire power as opposed to pure numbers. you hear about as opposed to pure numbers. you hear about how as opposed to pure numbers. gm. hear about how many forces they have got left and on paper they still have a reasonable amount left. but we tend to talk about battalion tactical groups, a coherent unit that can fight on its own without other support. according to russian sources th
this? ., , ., ., this? that is an important question this? that is an important question and this? that is an important question and it this? that is an important question and it is - this? that is an important question and it is vital - this? that is an important question and it is vital for| this? that is an important i question and it is vital for us to ponder what that means. in practice, i think until a different regime is in power, thatis different regime is in power, that is highly unlikely. by the time being and the foreseeable future russia is frozen out. here we can look for example at iran. iran under sanctions, here we can look for example at iran. iran undersanctions, or north korea. we are basically talking about where on the spectrum is russia? how close is it to iran? it is under much better sanctions. or how much closer is it to north korea? diplomatic relations and economic relations will be very difficult whilst putin is still in power. something to remember, a
would current members, not turkey, would agree that turkey is in nraterial would agree that turkey is in material breach of its obligations under the treaty, that obligations under the treaty, that would effectively freeze out or that would effectively freeze out or suspend turkey. this has never out or suspend turkey. this has never been out or suspend turkey. this has never been formally discussed, so there never been formally discussed, so there is never been formally discussed, so there is no mechanism to do it and so there is no mechanism to do it and that so there is no mechanism to do it and that is why we are in the it and that is why we are in the position where we are right now the position where we are right now. ~ . . the position where we are right now. ~ ., ., ., , ., now. we have had lots of questions now. we have had lots of questions around - now. we have had lots of questions around nato. l sean, lets bring you in here, we ve got another nato rel