President Sauli Niinistö warned that the war in Ukraine can take unexpected directions, even toward the use of nuclear weapons.
Talking to a leading US based newspaper The New York Times in an exclusive interview published on Sunday, he also said that the war in Ukraine will last a long time.
The President said that European people need not to be satisfied over the risks of escalation of the Russia´s invasion of Ukraine.
He also that it was a serious mistake of reducing the defenses by European countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union and termed the Ukraine war as a wake-up call for Europe and NATO.
“Well, it was ringing loudly in February 2022,” he said. “But do you hear it anymore? That clearly? That might be a good question — whether all Europeans realize that this is a European issue,” said the NYT, quoting Niinistö as saying.
- Sauli Niinistö
- Russia’s war
- Ukraine
Source: www.dailyfinland.fi