European countries must be ready to fight Russia, says Finnish president
Finnish President Alexander Stubb emphasized that credible security guarantees for Ukraine require European countries' readiness to militarily confront Russia if it attacks again.
- Finland's President Alexander Stubb stated that future security guarantees for Ukraine must include military readiness to confront Russia if aggression continues, marking a shift from current policies.
- Stubb emphasized that security guarantees would act as a strong and plausible deterrent against future Russian invasion, stating, 'That is the idea of security guarantees by definition.'
- He noted that Russia has no influence over the security guarantees being discussed and expressed pessimism about diplomatic progress with Putin's administration.
- Stubb highlighted the essential role of the United States in ensuring these security arrangements are credible and effective.
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Security guarantees for Ukraine must mean being ready to go to war with Russia. That is what Finnish President Alexander Stubb thinks. – Security guarantees are fundamentally a deterrent, and the deterrent must be credible, he tells The Guardian.
According to Finland's President Stubb, Europe does not intend to take Putin's views into account when guaranteeing Ukraine – quite the contrary.
The President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, stated that Ukraine's security assurances, which are the subject of a "coalition of the willing", meant European countries' willingness to confront Russia with war – in the event that it again attacked Ukraine after the end of the current war.


Stubb tells The Guardian Europe must be ready to fight Russia under Ukraine security pact
President Alexander Stubb of Finland has warned that any future security guarantees for Ukraine must include a clear commitment from European countries to engage militarily if Russia launches renewed aggression. Speaking ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Stubb told The Guardian that such guarantees must be backed by real force, calling them “a deterrent” that must be “plausible” and “strong”.
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Finnish President Alexander Stubb has said that European security guarantees for a post-war Ukraine must include a readiness to fight Russia, The Guardian reported on Saturday. When asked if European troops would be willing to engage with Russia militarily if it attacked Ukraine after a future peace deal, Stubb said,…
According to Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Ukraine's security guarantees must include the readiness of European countries to go to war with Russia if Moscow attacks Ukraine again.
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