| − | Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has waged several [[war of aggression|wars of aggression]], including against [[Serbia]] to carve out the state of [[Kosovo]], and another in [[Libya]] which resulted in chaos and the return of the slave trade in Black Africans. Since 2014, NATO has waged a [[proxy war]] against ethnic Russians in the [[Donbas]] region. After Finland's alliance with [[Hitler]], it remained neutral until 2022. Following the Russian Federation's [[Russia-Ukraine war|Special Denazification Operation]] to de-nazify Ukraine, Finland considered joining NATO. Critics warned that after many years of discussion about the "Finlandization of Ukraine... we are now much closer to the Ukraine-ization of Finland."<ref>https://thesaker.is/from-the-finlandization-of-ukraine-to-the-ukraine-ization-of-finland/</ref>
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| | [[File:Furthest Nazi expansion.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Furthest Nazi expansion.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Third-Reich/The-Nazi-empire</ref> Ukraine became a NATO protectorate in 2014; Finland was added in 2022.]] | | [[File:Furthest Nazi expansion.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Furthest Nazi expansion.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Third-Reich/The-Nazi-empire</ref> Ukraine became a NATO protectorate in 2014; Finland was added in 2022.]] |
| | + | After Finland's alliance with [[Hitler]], it remained neutral until 2022. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has waged several [[war of aggression|wars of aggression]], including against [[Serbia]] to carve out the state of [[Kosovo]], and another in [[Libya]] which resulted in chaos and the return of the slave trade in Black Africans. Since 2014, NATO has waged a [[proxy war]] against ethnic Russians in the [[Donbas]] region. Following the Russian Federation's [[Russia-Ukraine war|Special Denazification Operation]] to de-nazify Ukraine, Finland considered joining NATO. Critics warned that after many years of discussion about the "Finlandization of Ukraine... we are now much closer to the Ukraine-ization of Finland."<ref>https://thesaker.is/from-the-finlandization-of-ukraine-to-the-ukraine-ization-of-finland/</ref> |
| | On February 28, 2022 [[Finland]], a non-NATO country, announced they would deliver 2,500 assault rifles, 150,000 cartridges, 1,500 single-shot anti-tank weapons, and 70,000 combat ration packages to the Kyiv regime.<ref>https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-send-arms-assistance-to-ukraine</ref> A Kremlin spokesman said Russia would have to rebalance the situation. | | On February 28, 2022 [[Finland]], a non-NATO country, announced they would deliver 2,500 assault rifles, 150,000 cartridges, 1,500 single-shot anti-tank weapons, and 70,000 combat ration packages to the Kyiv regime.<ref>https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-send-arms-assistance-to-ukraine</ref> A Kremlin spokesman said Russia would have to rebalance the situation. |