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and my father also, so when they were in the army, i just thought that if there was a war, i want to be there too. i don't want them to go, like, and i would stay home. i want to go too. newsreel: today little finland is putting up such a savage defence as the modern world has rarely seen... finland's thinking about defence is still shaped by this — an attempt by the soviet union to invade and occupy the country in 1939. finland's resistance then is an echo of ukraine today. among the wreckage, the finns found propaganda films, which were to have been shown in helsinki after the russians had taken the capital. this is also 1940, the winter war. yes, during the winter war. analisa antilla was a teenager in the city of vyborg. the soviets captured it and made it part of russia. finland never got it back. and did you witness some of the destruction yourself? "yes, of course," she told me.
among the wreckage, the finns found propaganda films, - which were to have been shown in helsinki after the russians i had taken the capital. this is also 1940, the winter war? yes, during the winter war. this woman was a teenager in the city of vyborg. the soviets captured it and made it part of russia. finland never got it back. and did you witness some of the destruction yourself? yes, of course, she told me, i was there when the bombs were falling. we had to get down on the floor. people were fleeing with their belongings. my mother and i were on the last bus to leave vyborg. and are you still sad that it is a russian town now? of course. finland's border with russia is 800 miles long. its accession to nato would strengthen the alliance's military might, right on russia's doorstep. the trees beyond the frozen lake are in russia. 0n the other side of this frontier, this further advance of nato will be seen as more evidence of malign western intent. as a direct threat to
finland's thinking about defence is still shaped by this, an attempt by the soviet union to invade and occupy the country in 1939. finland's resistance then is an echo of ukraine today. among the wreckage, the finns found propaganda films, which were to have been shown in helsinki after the russians had taken the capital. finland's border with russia is 800 miles long. its accession to nato would strengthen the alliance's military might, right on russia's doorstep. the trees beyond the frozen lake are in russia. on the other side of this frontier, this further advance of nato will be seen as more evidence of malign western intent, as a direct threat to the security of russia itself. finland's army is already compatible with nato. this is a british tank taking part injoint training exercises on finnish soil already. for finland was once part of the russian empire and the spectre of a resurgent russian imperialism has driven finland into full alignment
i want to go too. newsreel: today little finland - is putting up such a savage defence as the modern world has rarely seen... finland�*s thinking about defence is still shaped by this — an attempt by the soviet union to invade and occupy the country in 1939. finland�*s resistance then is an echo of ukraine today. among the wreckage, the finns found propaganda films, which were to have _ been shown in helsinki after the russians had taken the capital. this is also 1940, the winter war. yes, during the winter war. analisa antilla was a teenager in the city of vyborg. the soviets captured it and made it part of russia. finland never got it back. and did you witness some of the destruction yourself? "yes, of course," she told me. "i was there when the bombs were falling. we had to get down on the floor. people were fleeing with their belongings. my mother and i were on the last bus to leave vyborg." and are you still sad that
but we can't believe russians in any way. we see every day the propaganda films where they make the narrative that not russians destroyed mariupol, but ukrainians destroyed mariupol. it's terrible to see how they use propaganda. it's worse than nazi propaganda for now. and there is only one job in mariupol for citizens who live in the city now and can't get out, the job is to clean the territory from rubble and destruction and to take out from the rubbles corps of dead citizens, and for this they promise to pay only $120 in the
were taken first into belarus and then on into russia. now released and we're seeing those pictures of them being reunited with loved ones, friends, family, in ukraine. but look at them, all the indications are according to ukraine authorities that the women were ill treated and tortured as you said. and some of the things they endured were and i'm quoting ukraine authorities, they were forced to shave their heads, stripped naked, squat in front of men, take part in russia propaganda films, the ukrainians are calling this a violation of the geneva convention for the treatment of prisoners. this is so difficult to look at. i think you just can't say it often enough. these women as thousands, millions of ukrainians, two months ago, were living their lives and now this. bianna? >> heart breaking to see. and another example of how russian forces behave in war. barbara starr at the pentagon,