Russia threatens to move nukes to Baltic region if Finland, Sweden join NATO

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

BRUSSELS — Russia warned Finland and Sweden on Thursday that if they join NATO, Moscow will reinforce the Baltic Sea region, including by deploying nuclear weapons.

The threat came a day after Finnish officials suggested the country could request to join the 30-member military alliance within weeks and as Sweden mulled making a similar move.

Helsinki and Stockholm are officially nonaligned militarily, but they are reconsidering their status in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — prompting escalating warnings from Russia.

Dmitry Medvedev, a Putin ally who serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said Thursday that NATO expansion would lead Russia to strengthen air, land and naval forces to “balance” military capability in the region.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-threatens-to-move-nukes-to-baltic-region-if-finland-sweden-join-nato/ar-AAWdJIv

What's new? Russia has always had nukes in Kaliningrad. Put your junk back in your pants and STFU.

[LizBeth]

1. Putin is setting a fine example exactly why countries should join NATO

[Sherman A1]

2. Precisely

Finland shares a long border with Russia and did this all once before with them with no desire have them visit in the future. I suspect Finland will apply for Nato Membership very shortly. Sweden is also likely to join in my opinion but may take a bit longer to get the paperwork in.

[obamanut2012]

5. I'm betting by July

[Irish_Dem]

3. Putin's threats have worked so far.

That is why he keeps doubling and tripling down on his nuke threats.

[LizBeth]

17. Have they, though? It may not be visible with membership or whatever, but those threats

have certainly back fired in many ways we can see and I am sure many we cannot.

[Irish_Dem]

19. The only measure of success is if he stops being a world bully and terrorist.

Putin has always gotten away with everything.

He installed half the US congress, a sitting US president, and owns the media with no consequences.

He still is fighting in Ukraine.

It remains to be seen if this time he has painful consequences which stop him.

[LizBeth]

20. I do not agree with you. Too black and white. Leaves out a whole lot in

your scenario to the point I am not putting any more time into this.

[Celerity]

4. leaving Kaliningrad in the Soviet Union's control post WWII was a massive cock-up

The Allies should have cleared the decks (Poland, the Baltics, etc etc) when they could have, pre Soviet nukes. Stalin played them all. I do realise it would have meant continued war, but better then than what the future turned out to be.

[zuul]

6. Blah, blah, blah. The world has learned that Putler is no military mastermind.

His invasion of Ukraine will be remembered as one of the worst military blunders in modern history. He is no military mastermind . . . he's just a pint-sized thug who likes to kill and maim innocent people.

[GoCubsGo]

7. LOL!!! As if he doesn't already have them there.

The Baltic Sea has likely crawling with nuclear-armed Russian subs since they first got them, and the world knows it. Who does he think he's fooling?

[onecaliberal]

8. Russia is a shithole country with a fifth rate military. The nuke threat is all he has.

[Sherman A1]

10. Not completely

but, you are not too far off.

[2naSalit]

12. And if those have been...

suffering the lack of upkeep the rest of the military has been...



Might be as empty a threat as the rest.

[onecaliberal]

14. They didn't keep anything up. It's obvious. They've been looting the country

The entire time putrid has been in office.

[2naSalit]

16. I almost...

Half expect that he'll try to launch a few and they'll fail before becoming fully airborne.

[BlueJac]

9. Quit it Putin, nukes can be fired long range.

Just empty threats. Thanks for helping them make up their minds!

[Ray Bruns]

18. That's what I was thinking. Why does he have to move them anywhere?

An ICBM launched from Russia would only take 28 minutes from detection to impact in the US.

[world wide wally]

11. I'm afraid we've reached a point where we are all sick of Putin using his nukes as threats.

Sadly, somebody eventually has to call him out and remind him that we have nukes too.
I guess all things must come to an end at some point. I suspect that he and TFG had this conversation at some point. Remember when Trump said, "Why do we have nukes if we never use them?"

[C_U_L8R]

13. Putin's thuggish threats are getting him nowhere

And more critically, he’s made Russia a pariah state and doomed the furtive of every Russian citizen. They will enjoy a dark impoverished North Korean style outcast for generations

[mahina]

15. How could it matter much where they are?

Desperate threats show their lack of power.

[Budi]

21. "Don't make me take my belt off!!"

NATO's got Finland's back.
Putin thought Ukraine would be a walk in the park, & he's threatening Finland??
Finland!