The President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, calls on Europe to continue supporting Ukraine, warning that an end to the war in the near future is unlikely.<\/p>\n
In his discussion with international journalists, he noted that European partners must remain united and consistent in helping Ukraine, despite internal challenges amid a corruption scandal sweeping Kyiv.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cA ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely until spring, and European allies must continue to support the country, despite the corruption scandal engulfing Kyiv\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Stubb\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
According to Stubb, to get through the winter successfully Europe needs the so-called \u201csisu\u201d \u2013 the Finnish concept of endurance, resilience, and determination \u2013 as Russia continues hybrid attacks and information warfare across the continent.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cRussia continues its hybrid attacks and information warfare across the continent\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Stubb\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Stubb noted that it may take time before concrete decisions are made, but what matters is beginning discussions right away with a view to assessing progress closer to spring.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI am not very optimistic about achieving a ceasefire or the start of peace talks, at least this year\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Stubb\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Finland recalls its own experience after two wars with Russia in the 1940s: the country lost part of its territory and chose military neutrality, which was revisited only after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, after which the country joined NATO.<\/p>\n
Also, Stubb noted that personal contacts with U.S. leaders help explain Finland\u2019s position and view of the situation in Ukraine. \u201cIf he accepts at least one of the ten ideas \u2013 that\u2019s good,\u201d said Stubb.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIf he accepts at least one of the ten ideas \u2013 that\u2019s good\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Stubb\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Stubb praised U.S. sanctions against Russian oil and gas companies as \u201cexcellent work,\u201d but stressed that more needs to be done to give Ukraine the ability to strike Russia\u2019s military and defense industry.<\/p>\n
Regarding future development, he also expressed the possibility of new meetings between U.S. and Russian leaders later this year to discuss further steps toward resolving the conflict.<\/p>\n
Stubb\u2019s position underlines the importance of long-term support for Ukraine from Europe and allies, even amid internal challenges, to maintain stability and the possibility of diplomatic resolution at the global level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, calls on Europe to continue supporting Ukraine, warning that an end to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[766,181963,181964,2000,299,181965,5187,181966,158799,181967,12,171653],"class_list":{"0":"post-573883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-alexander-stubb","9":"tag-alexander-stubb-ukraine-support-europe-aid-ukraine-ceasefire-unlikely-hybrid-attacks-kyiv-corruption-scandal-finland-nato","10":"tag-ceasefire-unlikely","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-europe-aid-ukraine","14":"tag-european","15":"tag-finland-nato","16":"tag-hybrid-attacks","17":"tag-kyiv-corruption-scandal","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-ukraine-support"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}