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Henri Vanhanen wrote that he appreciated that Volodymyr Zelensky had said Trump pressured Ukraine to surrender to Russia. According to Vanhanen, this was not about individual statements but a series of decisions from 2025–2026. Vanhanen listed Trump accusing Ukraine of starting the war, halting military aid and intelligence sharing, demanding territorial concessions, and reducing the delivery of Patriot missiles. He stated that Trump also demanded Ukraine stop striking Russian oil refineries, loosened sanctions on Russia, and did not demand similar concessions from Putin. Vanhanen mentioned that Putin had proposed a summit with Trump and Xi regarding Ukraine’s future without Ukraine and European countries. He described Trump’s Ukraine policy as contradictory: according to him, Trump aimed to end the war but reduced pressure on the aggressor and increased it on the defending Ukraine. According to Vanhanen, it would suffice for Putin if Washington started to consider Ukraine’s resistance an obstacle to peace and Russia’s demands a starting point for negotiations. He assessed that this could help Russia achieve negotiating goals that it had not attained on the battlefield and encourage Moscow to continue the war in hopes of new concessions. https://t.co/r10fKzP3r3 #Ukraina #Trump #Putin (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that according to The New York Times, Trump's negotiators had suggested increasing the purchase of Russian gas by Europe as a way to get Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine. Vanhanen asked what else the Trump administration could still offer Vladimir Putin. According to Vanhanen, Europe had bought Russian gas worth billions of euros before 2022, but the revenue and influence Russia gained, as well as Europe's energy dependence, did not prevent Putin from invading Ukraine. He believed that Europe had sought to rid itself of Russian energy because the dependency had proven to be a serious geopolitical mistake. Restoring that would, in his view, be a gift to Putin and a setback for European security. Vanhanen wrote that peace could not be built by making war profitable business. He urged Europe to make it clear to Washington that European security and energy policy should not be used as a commodity in negotiations with Putin. https://t.co/c6meL6mr1T #Trump #Putin #energia (translated)

Roni Arvonen wrote that according to him, Helsingin Sanomat and Yle had described the riots in France as peaceful high school protests. He compared this to the embassy warning Finnish citizens traveling in the area and accused Yle and Helsingin Sanomat of clear information manipulation. Arvonen opposed the actions of the media. #Ranska #mellakat #protestit (translated)

A young Finnish person wrote that a French woman, whom he described as leftist, had joined student protests and was horrified when the people with her started, according to him, to loot stores. According to the writer, the woman had tried to get them to stop, but she was pushed aside and told to be silent. The writer stated that the crowd had emptied the store while the sellers watched the events. He described the story as a metaphor for the situation in France in 2026: in his opinion, the left had begun to understand what kind of forces it had unleashed, but could no longer influence the course of events. The writer added that neither the merchants nor the people could do anything about it either. https://t.co/97cqEqBkI7 #Ranska #mielenosoitus #yhteiskunta (translated)

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)

The author pondered what good relations with the east would require. According to him, from Finland's perspective, Russia should stop waging war and sabotage and return to the path of peace and diplomacy. He assessed that from Russia's perspective, relations would improve if neighboring countries submitted to its control and renounced their security guarantees and sovereignty. #Venäjä #DiplomaattisetSuhteet #Rauha #FI #RU (translated)

The author referred to a story in which Joseph Stalin ironically asked how many divisions the pope had. According to him, one of the most influential figures in the fall of communism was Pope John Paul II, who inspired the Polish people and guided the Solidarity movement towards peaceful resistance. The author believed that John Paul II stripped the Polish dictatorship of its power. #historia #kommunismi #PaaviJohannesPaavaliII (translated)

Henri Vanhanen considered it shameful that, according to him, Donald Trump had decided not to implement actions approved by Congress that would have enabled tariffs of up to 100 percent on Russia's oil and gas for its largest purchasing countries. According to Vanhanen, Trump justified his decision with the national interest of the United States, and in Vladimir Putin's inner circle, the solution had already been described as a historic achievement. Vanhanen wrote that Russia's energy exports were significantly financing the country's war economy. He also reported that Ukraine had reported a shortage of Patriot missile defense systems, that Russia had continued bombing cities and killing civilians, and that Trump had demanded Ukraine stop attacks on Russian oil refineries. Citing sources from The Telegraph, Vanhanen wrote that Elon Musk had suggested to Trump limiting military-important Starshield satellite communications for Ukraine, which Trump had accepted. According to him, the restrictions would also hinder Ukraine's defense against Russian drone attacks. According to Vanhanen, Trump's negotiators were said to believe that concessions could bring Putin back to peace talks, even though, in his view, Russia had not shown a similar willingness to give up its military objectives. He assessed that concessions could strengthen Putin's perception of the profitability of continuing the war and that peace talks would require concessions from Russia as well. https://t.co/tTVKB82aQB #Trump #Ukraina #Venäjä (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)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that Trump has repeated Russian propaganda by blaming Ukraine, claiming that Volodymyr Zelensky is unwilling to make peace, and depicting Vladimir Putin as an easier negotiating partner. According to Vanhanen, Trump called Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries shameful, even though Russia continued to bomb Ukraine's energy infrastructure. He also referred to a Reuters report on the restrictions imposed by the United States on the Starshield satellite system used by Ukraine. Vanhanen said he did not remember Trump condemning Russia's systematic winter attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in the same way. He described the consequences: according to him, newborns had to be warmed with hot water bottles, and elderly people had been trapped in their apartments as elevators stopped working. He also mentioned the murders, rapes, and other war crimes committed by Russian troops against civilians and assessed that Trump was particularly concerned about the price of diesel and the global availability of oil. According to Vanhanen, Trump could not credibly act as a neutral peace broker if he only pressured one side of the conflict, the victim of the attack, rather than the aggressor. He wrote that Russia started the war and continued it, and he believed that peace would not be achieved by weakening Ukraine's defense capabilities and rewarding Russia for the attack. #Ukraina #Trump #Venäjä (translated)

Weidel said that a peace treaty between Russia and Ukraine was needed as soon as possible. She wrote that the war in Ukraine posed a huge risk to national security and called for an end to the war so that Ukrainian and Russian soldiers would no longer die. #rauha #Ukraina #Venäjä #FI #RU #UA (translated)

The author reported that Pekka Korhonen, who served as a peacekeeper, portrayed mutilated people and the lives of women who could not even go to the store without an escort. He mentioned that Korhonen had appeared on the Ukkola program and shared a link to the broadcast. https://t.co/F4hRwrs9dk #rauhanturvaaja #ihmisoikeudet #naistenelämä #FI (translated)

The author claimed that the Finns he described as war hawks were trying to get citizens to support the continuation of the war in Ukraine to the last man and to reject the peace proposals of 2022 or similar proposals. He wrote that hundreds of thousands of people had already died in the war. #Ukraina #rauha #sota #FI #UA (translated)

The author claimed that Zelensky tried to blame his major mistakes in the war and peace process on Trump. According to him, Zelensky was no longer coping with the situation, but a breakup could lead to peace and save hundreds of thousands of lives. https://t.co/3GDpP0WLSY #Ukraina #rauha #politiikka #UA #US (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that he understands Volodymyr Zelensky's frustration with Donald Trump but criticized Europe for not intervening more actively in the negotiations. Vanhanen stated that Ukraine accepted a ceasefire proposed by the United States in the spring of 2025, which Vladimir Putin rejected. According to him, Trump threatened Russia with consequences, invited Putin to Alaska, and continued to seek a deal. Ultimately, according to Vanhanen, Russia's terms for peace were shaped to be acceptable to the Americans, after which Ukraine and European countries had to amend them. Vanhanen compared Putin's negotiation style to the Soviet style, which he associated with Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko: first, a lot is demanded, concessions are rejected, and it is expected that the opposing party will offer more. He assessed that Trump needed a visible agreement more than Putin, which is why, in his opinion, Russia could wait for new initiatives from the United States. Vanhanen criticized Trump for letting Russia's demands influence what Ukraine was pressured to concede. He questioned why Europe had not presented a joint peace proposal with Ukraine or jointly decided how to respond to Russia's next refusal. Vanhanen noted that the United States' influence is undeniable and its participation is necessary, but he believed that Trump should not be given exclusive rights to define the direction of the negotiations. In his opinion, Europe did not need to be ashamed of Trump's lack of historical knowledge or understanding of Russia's negotiating tactics, but Europe's passivity was still harder to defend. https://t.co/qs68FaMyfW #Ukraina #Eurooppa #Trump (translated)