{"id":1263725,"date":"2025-12-03T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1263725"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:21:52","slug":"finnish-foreign-minister-responds-to-putin-s-claim-of-readiness-to-fight-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/finnish-foreign-minister-responds-to-putin-s-claim-of-readiness-to-fight-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish Foreign Minister Responds to Putin\u2019s Claim of Readiness to Fight Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Finnish Foreign Minister <strong>Elina Valtonen<\/strong> said that <strong>Vladimir Putin\u2019s statement about Russia being ready to go to war with Europe \u201ceven today\u201d is an attempt to intimidate Europe<\/strong> and should not be taken <em>\u201ctoo seriously.\u201d<\/em><br>She commented on the remarks ahead of the <strong>NATO Foreign Affairs Council meeting<\/strong> on December 3 in Brussels,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English\u00a0<\/a>reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis is rhetoric used by Russia to frighten us. We should not take such talk too seriously. We have very strong capabilities as NATO and as Europe, and we are strengthening them every day,\u201d Valtonen stressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister added that <strong>Russia is weakening<\/strong>, while desperately trying to use pressure to secure favorable terms for itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valtonen emphasized that Russia <strong>does not want peace<\/strong>, as it has rejected all compromises and made no concessions.<br>According to her, the <strong>best first step for confidence-building<\/strong> in peace talks would be <strong>at least a halt to the bombing of Ukraine\u2019s energy infrastructure<\/strong>, if not a full ceasefire \u2014 a move that would also prevent deliberate civilian casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She underscored that <strong>NATO countries must continue supporting Ukraine<\/strong> in defending its sovereignty and said she looks forward to Ukraine\u2019s future membership in the Alliance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt will not be tomorrow, but someday it will happen,\u201d she noted, calling it in NATO\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Valtonen also highlighted the <strong>\u201cconstructive\u201d efforts<\/strong> of the United States and Secretary of State <strong>Marco Rubio<\/strong> aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stressed that any peace agreement must not only halt hostilities but also <strong>ensure Ukraine is strong enough to resist future threats<\/strong>, including <strong>political interference<\/strong>, which Russia is actively counting on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A meeting of NATO foreign ministers is taking place in Brussels on December 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said that Vladimir Putin\u2019s statement about Russia &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1263728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1263725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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