Russia issues new warning about Finland, Sweden joining Nato

[Sherman A1]

Finnish MPs began formal discussions about the issue of Nato membership on Wednesday afternoon.

YLE NEWS
20.4. 06:14
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Updated 20.4. 07:08

Russia has issued a new warning about consequences of Finland and Sweden possibly joining Nato, according to Russian state news outlet TASS.

The warning came from Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who made the comments on TV channel Russia-24 on Wednesday, the same day Finnish MPs were to formally begin debating the Nato issue.

"Under the auspices of the US, Brussels has been pulling Sweden and Finland into its structures for a while, there have been various hybrid measures on the actual pulling in, under the guise of drills or training sessions," Zakharova said.

"We made all our warnings — both publicly and via bilateral channels. They know about this, so there are no surprises. They were informed about everything, what it will lead to," she added, without specifying the consequences.

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[dutch777]

1. This is a great way to stretch RU resources and help Ukraine thereby

The more the RU military has to stage to the NW of their country as NATO puts more resources into the Baltic states and surrounding seas, and also anticipate Finland and Sweden joining NATO, the less there is to focus on Ukraine. Increasing western aligned air force activity along far flung RU borders is another way to stress the RU military system given their liability to maintain and supply is already stretched, every extra intercept or tracking sortie they need to carry out counts.

[2naSalit]

2. +1

I was having this very discussion with a buddy yesterday. Make them stretch so thin that they collapse.

[Phoenix61]

3. I just keep thinking if the little kid telling his parents

You can’t make me go to bed as they carry him down the hall. WTAF does Russia think it’s going to do? It’s running out of parts to build military armament. It’s running out of money to buy anything from anyone.