{"id":200869,"date":"2026-08-25T01:53:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/200869\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T01:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:53:48","slug":"finland-announces-new-air-defense-and-energy-aid-for-ukraine-ahead-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/200869\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland announces new air defense and energy aid for Ukraine ahead of winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5wqrmd---c16x9x50px50p--68cbf20b0b0e9ca9e87819c8dc53cc9c.png\" alt=\"Finland announces new air defense and energy aid for Ukraine ahead of winter\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"486\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Finland will provide Ukraine with new assistance for air defense and energy as the country prepares for another winter under Russian attacks, Finnish President Alexander Stubb announced during a visit to Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\">Speaking after the Ukraine-NB8 summit of Nordic and Baltic countries, Stubb said Finland\u2019s next aid package would address some of Ukraine\u2019s most pressing air defense needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\">Finland is also preparing energy assistance, including equipment that could help support Ukraine\u2019s electricity system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\">\u201cWinter is approaching, and as you know, in Finland we also know a thing or two about winter,\u201d Stubb said. \u201cSo there will be good news on the energy side, especially when it comes to electricity &#8211; including engines and turbines that could be useful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\">Representatives of seven Finnish defense companies also traveled to Kyiv with Stubb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian companies had signed agreements on developing and producing drones in Finland. The cooperation includes expanding unmanned maritime systems and establishing a facility to produce unmanned ground vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\">Stubb also said public support for Ukraine in Finland has consistently remained above 80%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\">\u201cWe have always thought that when a big aggressor attacks a smaller player, the most important thing is the survival of the smaller player,\u201d he said, adding that while Ukraine is now in a much stronger political, military and financial position, continued support remains necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finland will provide Ukraine with new assistance for air defense and energy as the country prepares for another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[133],"tags":[2705,360,467,2058,16368],"class_list":["post-200869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alexander-stubb","tag-air-defense","tag-alexander-stubb","tag-energy","tag-finland","tag-help"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/117153658888028119","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}