120
submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Russia has summoned the Finnish ambassador in Moscow, after Finland signed a new agreement on military co-operation with the US.

Monday's deal grants the US broad access to the area of Finland's long border with Russia.

Moscow said it would "take necessary measures to counter the aggressive decisions of Finland and its Nato allies".

Finland joined Nato this year in response to Russia's Ukraine invasion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently accused Nato of having "dragged" Finland into the bloc, and announced the creation of a new military district near Finland's border.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Russia has summoned the Finnish ambassador in Moscow, after Finland signed a new agreement on military co-operation with the US.

Monday's deal grants the US broad access to the area of Finland's long border with Russia.

Meanwhile Finland has accused Russia of channelling migrants towards its territory in a "hybrid operation", and has temporarily closed all its border crossings with its eastern neighbour.

The agreement signed on Monday allows the US rapid military access and aid to Finland in the event of conflict, as well as joint training of forces.

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow would not leave "Nato's military buildup" on its borders unanswered.

But along with Sweden it applied to join Nato over concerns that Russia's aggression in Ukraine could spread to other neighbouring countries.


The original article contains 295 words, the summary contains 130 words. Saved 56%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
120 points (98.4% liked)

World News

39005 readers
974 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS