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Finland gives 1% of its GDP in military aid to Ukraine—and says use it in Russia (euromaidanpress.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

Based and Finnpilled

[-] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 22 points 9 months ago

Unfathomably based. Not to take anything away from Finland here, but there's a tracker where you can see what each country has contributed. Nordic and Baltic countries have been surprisingly generous during this conflict. https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/

[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It’s not really suprising. They are the ones that directly border russia.

(Norway and Sweden don’t but they are right next to Russia by sea and Russian Navy regularly sails into their waters and bullies them.)

[+] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world -31 points 9 months ago

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[-] doo@sh.itjust.works 39 points 9 months ago

Ah, sweet. I believe Finland joined Nazis after the winter war. Fascinatingly enough, during the winter war, the country that was on the side of Nazis was ... Soviet Union!

I'm still fascinated that soviets managed to play a victim card in a war that they started themselves.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

I mean, it had non-aggression pact right in the name. They did cooperate in splitting up Poland, but given the history, rhetoric and eventual actions of both sides you'd be hard pressed to seriously argue they were of a side.

[-] doo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

From Wikipedia

with a secret protocol establishing Soviet and German spheres of influence across Eastern Europe.

Yes, it was in the title, but what really mattered was the "you take this part, I take the other".

While both were planning to attack the other when the moment is right. Nazis were better at planning. What a surprise.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I did address Poland. The agreement fell apart before much more sphering could happen. I rest my case, basically.

Nazis were better at planning. What a surprise.

You know that was a disaster for them, right? The Soviets had their own clusterfucks going on, but they won and it wasn't close.

Is this a national pride thing for you? Why even go there otherwise?

[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 30 points 9 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_support_of_Finland_in_the_Winter_War
Finland stood pretty much alone against Russia at least compared to the support Ukraine has gotten and has.

[-] EstonianGuy@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

Yup this, nazis were fighting soviets so basically in the eyes of the finns, they were liberated, same with the majority of the baltics. Soviets were a much bigger problem for eastern europe than nazis. But nazis ended up being just as bad.

[-] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I am not discussing Finland specifically, but this point needs to be raised. How was the USSR any better than the Nazis?

They Soviets organized the Holodomor, mass starvation of million of Ukrainians.

I believe Stalin killed more soviet civilians than the Nazis.

The Soviet Union (especially pre-Khrushev) was an atrocious entity. This includes both Stalin, Lenin and the people who ruled in between. They are monsters.

The Soviets even collaborated with Nazis in the first two years of WW2.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

Good thing it's not the 1940's anymore. Just dodged that bullet.

[-] D_C@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

The 2040s are just around the corner.
Ha, just kidding, www3 will be over by then!

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

World will be over by then*

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

It was after winter war which happened in 1939. Finland was allied with nazi Germany from 1940 to 1944

[-] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

The winter war was largely independent as I understand. Finland took all aid since they got invaded. Nazi Germany had given Finland to the USSR zone of influence.