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Finland has an extremely strong and capable military and any shortcomings are bolstered by one of the best artillery forces in the entire world.

Finland’s president and prime minister said on Thursday they were in favour of joining Nato and a formal decision would be taken this weekend, after Russia’s war in Ukraine sparked a swift u-turn in opinion

To intimidate the west and deter the united states and other nato countries supplying weapons to ukraine. >> and finland and sweden joining the alliance bolsters th them. that seems to be quite a big win for putin. how did we goat this point? >> well, putin, i think, is very careful, at least for the past decade, cultivated relations with countries in the middle east, russias gone back to africa after withdrawing when the soviet union withdrew from there and even in latin america. and of course ...

Threatened to deploy more nuclear weapons in the vicinity, but they already have nuclear weapons there anyway. there could be cyberattacks. there have been cyberattacks already against finland. beyond that, i dont think theres very much more that russia can do. we do know that up until now, russia has respected nato membership, if theres a country in nato that hasnt been attacked by russia. and the interim, between the application and the ratification, the russians could be up to some mischief, ...

The decision, which brings to an end more than seven decades of formal Finnish neutrality, marks a massive escalation in the drive by American and European imperialism towards all-out war with Russia.

The withdrawal represents one of Russia’s more significant setbacks since its retreat from Kyiv. Finland’s declaration that it will join NATO is a further blow to the Kremlin.

In the event of nuclear war, Finns can rest assured theyll be safe in one of the countrys hundreds of kitted out underground bunkers. An official told MailOnline the country can protect itself

Russia has denounced the move recently announced by Helsinki to join the military alliance and said it will respond with "retaliatory steps."

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed the two countries to reconsider NATO membership.

As Finland applies to join NATO, what isn’t changing is the Finnish people’s devotion to defending their nation and its values.