{"id":7720,"date":"2026-01-02T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=7720"},"modified":"2026-01-02T14:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:31:38","slug":"russia-threatens-finland-with-war-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/russia-threatens-finland-with-war-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia threatens Finland with war"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Russia directly threatens Finland with war: Putin and Medvedev make strong statements<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"519\">Russia <strong data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"342\">openly increased the rhetoric of threats against Finland<\/strong>. President of the Russian Federation <strong data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"398\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Vladimir Putin<\/span><\/span><\/strong> said that the Russian armed forces <strong data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"477\">will be deployed on the border with Finland<\/strong>, He said this was \u00abnot the case before\u00bb.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"541\">Threats from Moscow<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"754\">In parallel with Putin's statement, the deputy head of the Russian Security Council <strong data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"639\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dmitry Medvedev<\/span><\/span><\/strong> has issued even harsher rhetoric, stating that <strong data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"753\">\u00abFinland will have to pay for its vile Russophobia\u00bb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"925\">Such statements are seen in Helsinki and European capitals as <strong data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"861\">direct threats of the use of force<\/strong> and an element of psychological pressure after Finland joined NATO.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"952\">Context and provocation<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"1175\">Against the backdrop of these statements <strong data-start=\"969\" data-end=\"982\">31 December<\/strong> in the waters <strong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1032\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Finland<\/span><\/span><\/strong> was <strong data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1077\">The submarine communication cable is damaged<\/strong>. Official investigations are ongoing, but the incident is already being treated as a <strong data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1174\">possible hybrid attack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1177\" data-end=\"1380\">Additional attention was drawn to the episode with the so-called <strong data-start=\"1224\" data-end=\"1247\">\u00abDoomsday Radio\u00bb<\/strong> In Russia, where in the same period, the <strong data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1303\">Finnish polka<\/strong> - a gesture that experts interpret as <strong data-start=\"1339\" data-end=\"1379\">information and psychological provocation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1400\">Western reaction<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1401\" data-end=\"1684\">Finland and its NATO allies have repeatedly emphasised that <strong data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1552\">Any military threats or actions against Allies will be met with a collective response<\/strong>. Helsinki emphasises that the country does not pose a threat to Russia, and that all security decisions are made within the framework of international law.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u044f \u043f\u0440\u044f\u043c\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454 \u0424\u0456\u043d\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0434\u0456\u0457 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u043d\u043e\u044e: \u043f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d \u0456 \u043c\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0454\u0434\u0454\u0432 \u0437\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0440\u0456\u0437\u043a\u0456 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u044f \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0443 \u043f\u043e\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0437 \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0443 \u0424\u0456\u043d\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0434\u0456\u0457. \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u0440\u0444 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u043f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0437\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0456 \u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0443\u0442\u044c \u0440\u043e\u0437\u043c\u0456\u0449\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0456 \u0437 \u0424\u0456\u043d\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0434\u0456\u0454\u044e, \u0447\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u0437\u0430 \u0439\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438, \u00ab\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u043e\u00bb. \u041f\u043e\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0438 \u0437 \u043c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0438 \u041f\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0456\u0437 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u043e\u044e \u043f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438 \u0440\u0430\u0434\u0431\u0435\u0437\u0443 \u0440\u0444 \u0434\u043c\u0438\u0442\u0440\u043e \u043c\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0454\u0434\u0454\u0432 \u0432\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0438\u0432 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":7721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0424\u0456\u043d\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0434\u0456\u0457","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-7720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7722,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7720\/revisions\/7722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}