Eric Kliszcz – TVP World June 18, 2026
Finland’s parliament has voted to allow the country to host and transport NATO’s nuclear weapons in crisis situations as part of a move to more fully integrate with the military alliance, which it joined in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Finnish lawmakers backed the change to the law on Wednesday with 125 votes for and 61 against, lifting the country’s longtime ban on importing nuclear weapons.
Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen said that the “historic reform strengthens the security of Finland and of NATO as a whole,” later adding that the decision “fully incorporates NATO’s nuclear deterrence into Finland’s protection.”
“By dismantling the Cold War-era total ban on nuclear explosives, we are aligning our legislation with that of our closest NATO allies,” Häkkänen said ahead of the vote.
The lifting of the ban does not mean that Finland will automatically host nuclear weapons, but rather that it could do so in the event of a crisis or to help facilitate NATO’s defense.
On Thursday, just a day after Finland’s vote, Häkkänen attended a meeting with NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group, which is responsible for making decisions on the alliance’s nuclear deterrence.
The group said in a statement following the meeting that it agreed to “continue enhancing NATO’s nuclear deterrence mission,” adding that member states would share the “responsibilities, risks, and burdens” of collective defense.
Helsinki first announced its plans to change Finland’s nuclear policy in March, prompting criticism from neighboring Russia.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said at the time that his country did not intend to host nuclear weapons in peacetime, according to Reuters, adding that the lifting of the ban is part of a “deterrent to ensure they would never have to be used.”
Finland applied to join NATO as a direct response to Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, formally joining the alliance in 2023 in a break from its decades-long official neutral stance.
Well.
it’s like this you see. !
Locally, about 5 miles away, The ‘invaders’ have a super mosque that the ‘authorities’ recognize as being quite radical. & the Jimmy Grants in this region are openly hostile towards anything ‘Brit’.
hmmmm.
it’s made worse by the fact that the law enforcement is openly against me as a NATIONALIST,
& blatantly sides with Jimmy Grant in any dispute.
I care less about Helsinki being 120 miles from St Petersburg . There are far more pressing issues closer to home that the majority of locals fail to acknowledge. (or cowardly turn away from)
2030.
Finland is kike like all the rest.
Ask the Finnish if they want a big X painted on their country.
Olof Palme, the Swedish “statsminister” was up to his assasination February 28, 1986, engaged in making The Baltic region, a nuclear-free zone.
Probably Anna Lindh, his awaited successor, would have worked in that same direction…unfortunately, she was also assasinated September 10, 2003….
Except for one little problem, someone needs to tell the Fins that nukes are fake. There are none.
What nukes ? This is just make believe conflict, with a nice border problem between pretend enemies.
NATO & Russia both governed by the Moses Mafia. Its all a sham to ice whites in wars.
then it would be better russia nukes
them first or Oreshnik them + inmediately
Nato + London City .
RUSSIA STRIKE FIRST investigate later !
Nukes will not suddenly be placed in Finland during ‘a time of crisis’. They will be smuggled in long beforehand. Realistically speaking, Russia should obliterate Finland and the Baltics now.
Would Britain then declare war on Russia? Controlled by crazies and beholden to internationalist interests, Britain would probably be willing to sacrifice itself in a nuclear exchange with Russia.
Sure, there are no nukes. Olof Palme most certainly knew this. The point is a nuclear free zone, is a Nato free zone und zo weiter…