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Henri Vanhanen wrote that Europe should take a greater role in defining the peace terms for Ukraine. According to him, Donald Trump tried to entice Vladimir Putin to peace with concessions, even though Russia continued the war and new flexibilities were expected from Ukraine. Vanhanen pointed out that Europe spent tens of billions of euros to defend Ukraine but largely let Washington direct the negotiations. Vanhanen demanded Germany resolve the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine and for other countries to strengthen Ukraine’s long-range strike capability. He also suggested that Europe should find a way to more broadly utilize Russia’s frozen state assets of about 200 billion euros, increase pressure on Russia’s oil revenues, and boost military support for Ukraine if the war of aggression continued. He argued that Europe should ensure that Trump’s diplomacy is not based solely on offering new concessions to Russia. https://t.co/pilGKhN9F1 #Eurooppa #Ukraina #Trump (translated)

Korson Jussi assessed that France could perhaps be removed from NATO's strength, as it likely would no longer have enough troops abroad. He wrote that Spain had announced it would not participate in anything and claimed that Germany had no weapons. Finally, he asked who else was involved. #Nato #Eurooppa #Puolustus (translated)

Nordic combined coach Jan Schmid remains optimistic despite the exclusion from the Olympic program, while Germany's coach Eric Frenzel predicts a bleak future for the sport, but concerns must be raised about the sustainability and financial aspects of the federations. #kahevõistlus #olümpiamängud #noorsport (translated)

The author assesses that those in charge of the EU apparently believed that prolonging the war in Ukraine would promote the federalist project. According to him, continuing the war could indeed fragment the union, as the right defending sovereign nation-states was rising to power in major European countries like Germany and France. The writing ended abruptly in the middle of the list. #EU #Ukraina #politiikka #DE #FR (translated)

Mario Nawfal wrote that Europe had relied for four years on Ukraine acting as a shield with the United States behind it. According to him, the warning of the former German top general was coming true: Russia was winning, Washington was withdrawing, and Europe was left alone. #Eurooppa #Ukraina #Venäjä #EU #US #RU #DE (translated)

The author estimates that if Finland continues to overlook the issues of immigration and does not attempt to solve or address them publicly, the country could end up in a situation similar to that of Germany and France, where far-right forces gain more power. He urged his opponents to keep this in mind. https://t.co/2AXFaCHoWL #maahanmuutto #politiikka #yhteiskunta #FI #DE #FR (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that it was difficult to say whether Germany's Alice Weidel and France's Marine Le Pen were imitators of Donald Trump or sympathizers of Vladimir Putin, and according to him, the difference may not necessarily have mattered for the outcome. He mentioned that Weidel had declared the war in Ukraine a defeat and demanded an end to Germany's support, while Le Pen wanted to limit France's financial support to Ukraine. According to Vanhanen, politicians aiming for power in Europe's large countries had a short-sighted attitude towards Russia, European history, and security. He warned Finland not to assume that the rest of Europe would inevitably follow the same path as Finland. He did not consider the AfD's entry into the German federal government in the coming years to be likely but assessed that the strengthening of political forces like the party would pose serious security policy problems. Vanhanen also wrote that the Kremlin was monitoring Europe's electoral calendars. According to him, Putin would have no reason to rush negotiations if he believed that Ukraine's supporters would be replaced by leaders who were less sympathetic to Ukraine. Vanhanen noted that Europe's center-right parties had not responded in a timely manner to citizens' immigration concerns, which had allowed room for radical alternatives. He viewed the problem not as a demand for stricter immigration policies, but in that these movements were also bringing to power forces that represented admiration for authoritarianism, opposition to Ukraine, and sympathy for Russia. He assessed that decisions about Europe's security would be made both on the battlefields of Ukraine and in European elections, emphasizing that this should also be understood in Finland. https://t.co/3s94O0WUiT #Eurooppa #Politiikka #Turvallisuus (translated)

Finnish player Benedek Olah's journey in the table tennis European Championships ended in the quarter-finals, where he lost to German player Benedikt Duda by a clear score, but head coach Mattias Bergkvist praised their doubles performance as the best achievement by Finnish players of all time. #Pöytätennis #EMkisat #Urheilu (translated)

Saara Huhtasaari asked whether Finns had begun to wake up to the fact that, according to her, Trump had said that Volodymyr Zelensky was ruining Ukraine and that Alice Weidel's support for Ukraine from Germany should be stopped. She criticized the ongoing discussion in Finland, in which, according to her, the use of tax money for Ukraine was justified, and it was suggested that the war in Ukraine was Finland's war and Ukraine was fighting on Finland's behalf. Huhtasaari believed this was not the case and stated that Finland should remain neutral and only offer peace negotiations. She mentioned that she was still waiting for Finns to understand this. #Suomi #Ukraina #Politiikka (translated)