Russia said on Friday, March 6th it saw Finland’s move to lift restrictions on hosting nuclear weapons as a potential threat and vowed to respond if Helsinki followed through with the plan.
As a Russian neighbour and NATO member since 2023, Finland announced previously that it planned to lift restrictions prohibiting nuclear weapons on its soil, in order to bring the country in line with the military alliance’s deterrence policy.
According to Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen:
The government proposal would make it possible in future to bring a nuclear weapon into Finland or to transport, deliver or possess one in Finland if it is connected to the military defence of the country.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied:
If Finland threatens us, we will take the appropriate measures.
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