Finland Calm Amid Threats | Eastern Express

Russia is threatening Finland with troops on the border, but could it follow through? Jonasz Rewiński dives into Putin's saber-rattling, Russia's resource issues, and Finland's calm response. Discover how Russia's empty threats are nothing more than bluster and why Finland's not losing sleep.
#TVPWorld
Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.
tvpworld.com/
/ tvpworldcom
/ tvpworld_com
/ tvp_world

[@FishandHunt]

Finland, small but mighty 💪🏻 G'day from Australia to all our friends in Finland 🇦🇺🤝🇫🇮

[@slavojalois1639]

Ditto! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

[@mantelikukkapenkki2368]

Cheers from Finland mate 🍻

[@Ripattaja]

Terve, Terve sinulle Australiaan. Greetings to you from Finland. have a nice day. Slava Ukraini!

[@tosijjaan]

Juu terve vaan

[@FishandHunt]

@@mantelikukkapenkki2368 G'day 👋🏻 🇦🇺🤝🇫🇮

[@olevaiti4302]

I'm wondering why Russia is afraid of Finland. Finland has never started war with Russia...actually Finland has never started a war with anybody.

[@Ripattaja]

Totta turiset. That is True

[@elishh8173]

Yes I know. You are 100% right. It's because we are an ancient people and they can't break our spirit, intelligence and love for our country. Finland will NEVER be russian. The land belongs to us!

[@erolaattori2317]

During ww2 Finland did join the German attack on Soviet union to try and take back the territories annexed by Stalin. While justified and not started by Finland alone, Finland technically took part in an offencive war.

[@prod-Sane]

@@erolaattori2317 A fact you can't deny. Completely justified tho.

[@olevaiti4302]

@@erolaattori2317 Finland never started a war.

[@krisshivrattan11]

Bless Finland and its Citizens

[@elishh8173]

Thank you🙂❤️❤️❤️

[@Korpen_1979]

The Finns keep a cool head, they understand the seriousness but are smart enough to handle it in the right way. We should listen and learn from Finland and the other countries in the EU and NATO that have experienced the Russians throughout history. Greetings from Sweden, and yes we are very proud to be neighbors with Finland

[@kallekas8551]

🫵❤️🇸🇪❤️from🇫🇮

[@olevaiti4302]

Tack detsamma. Happy to have Sweden as our brother in arms.

[@Korpen_1979]

🇸🇪💛🇺🇦💙🇫🇮

[@caprifolia1]

Tillsammans är vi starka. Hälsningar från Helsingfors

[@Korpen_1979]

I med och i motgång tillsammans 💪

[@fsbollox]

I personally admire. Finland they are strong

[@samutraifin]

"russia threatens Finland" Finland: oh no "sips coffee" anyway

[@elishh8173]

Yes that's the truth hahaha

[@duhni4551]

😂So well put 😂

[@elrikup1179]

And Sauna😌

[@sandradavis9422]

Love to 🇫🇮

[@elishh8173]

Thank you❤️❤️❤️😺👋

[@tedzehnder961]

I bet that the Russian soldiers along the border with Finland are some of the happier soldiers in the Russian army.They know they won`t be attacked any time soon so can remain relatively safe.The commanders of these soldiers probably get a lot of respect and their troops don`t break the rules or they might get "transferred" to Donetsk..

[@duhni4551]

It comes with a cost. If the day comes they have to cross the border, they know what awaits them. I guess it is high risk high reward type of thing 😂

[@lumihanki5631]

They're mainly young conscripts in their national service, not so much active duty ready to deploy troops.

[@user-wm4hu6dy6k]

God bless Finland🇫🇮 and its brave people!

[@elishh8173]

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

[@ladeluff_]

"finland,finland,finland, the country where i want to be.... " Monty Pythons sings :P

[@user-xe3ch4pv6k]

The Finns have never been afraid of Russia.

[@elishh8173]

No we don't. We know that Russia is weak.

[@WorldCitizen0000]

The chihuahua vs German shepherd had me in stitches😂😂. Finland knows what it needs to protect itself and lets remember it has Western Europe's strongest artillery. ❤to Finland. 💙💛

[@Claudiu_Dumitru]

Agreed. Probably the finest artillery in the world.

[@elishh8173]

Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️❤️👋😺

[@rami1406]

Thanks! Actually we are like scottish greyhounds, super fast army, and it bytes hard🙂

[@Claudiu_Dumitru]

@@rami1406 Against Ruzzia, the only way to go. Hyvää päivää!

[@krisshivrattan11]

Great report. Thank you

[@LisaNH934]

Finland 🇫🇮 knows. So happy they're in NATO now!

[@elishh8173]

Yes we are happy to be in NATO and be able to help others and also know others will help us. Love from Finland❤️🙂

[@deecee1522]

shame on russia

[@NAFOARMY]

👍 I remember how much i missed TVP when it was gone! Glad its back

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

Where is Rock Rachon ?

[@NAFOARMY]

@@TennesseeHomesteadUSA 🤷‍♂️

[@Thor_Odinson]

"gas station sushi stand"......I'm dead

[@Silveirias]

As Major General Harri Ohra-aho commented russia's ballistic missiles: "Of course, it's none of my business, but operationally it seems absurd to bring missile systems with such a long-range closer to our border. They make easy targets for us."

[@JoshHarris-ng8on]

❤❤❤

[@coolh12]

Finland has been ready for Russia since what? the 2nd world war? What i have read and studied their military is highly trained and are equipped with some of the best equipment money can buy. I also understand that the eastern border between finland and russia is said to be some of the most difficult terrain layouts to operate at and heavily favours the defender. Finns got massive amount of troops/equipment specifically trained to operate in a dense forest like terrain and wage asymmetric warfare on Russia....yeah, i'd skip Finland too.

[@likeabull1]

Russia is increasing its troops? They better make more Vodka.

[@goodbarbenie5477]

Ahem..."Violence is only created out of lies, and so to cover them lies more Violence is purportrated". Voltaire.

[@janko6608]

Russian threats are a bad joke.. they do not even manage in Ukraine.. greetings from Finland

[@elishh8173]

😄❤️❤️❤️🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@Silveirias]

The Karelia in Leningrad region (and partially in the Republic of Karelia) is Finnish land.

[@13699111]

Thank you TVP world news

[@lingyjennifer8399]

Putin is so smart. To stop NATO from getting closer to Russian borders, he's actually encouraged his closest neighbours to join NATO. Brilliant tactician - a real chess master (for you Russians, that's sarcasm).

[@annehersey9895]

Well! Right close to the Russian border would be a great place for a joint Finnish and US base! I’m not worried about Finland. They showed in the Winter War that with NATO weapons, Russia doesn’t have chance at winning this time! He’s right that countries NOT near Russia need to be the ones to give their air defense systems!

[@elishh8173]

Thank you and I agree we should have a US-Finnish military base close to the Russian border Also a good idea that countries further away from Russia should provide air defence for Ukraine. If Ukraine got that, the war would be over that day. I love Americans they are such nice people 🙂❤️❤️❤️

[@duhni4551]

There will be 15 US bases right next to Russian border, most important ones in the Lapland which are about 200-300km away from Kola Peninsula which is the area where most of Russian nukes are. Gives huge edge for NATO to have radars and counter missiles there as it allows extremely fast reaction time against them. Also Russian main energy arteries are about 100-150km away from Finnish border, so in case of war, NATO can easily cut it off. But yeah, those bases are coming, thanks to the DCA between USA and Finland.

[@annehersey9895]

@@duhni4551 ❤️❤️❤️

[@gerryhouska2859]

the world is a wonderful place.

[@CoolDay-kd6bg]

Russian missiles can hit from 2000 km away so its good thing if they bring them next to border then those are easy targets. So yeah its media game

[@elrikup1179]

Suomi Finland perkele. Now I'm going to Sauna😌

[@teknoaija1762]

OUTSPOKEN,NOT UNSPOKEN!!

[@sinkakara]

Turkey has been in NATO for a long time and it doesn't seem to bother Putin at all, but Finland does for some reason.

[@duhni4551]

That is because Turkey also creates chaos in NATO, them being operating in both sides of the fence.

[@hevosenpaska114]

We have 900.000 reservists, bigger artillery than UK, Germany and France combined, biggest in Europe. Russia may threat and rattle saber to Finland, but at this moment all Russian military bases near Finnish border are empty and every man is in Ukraine. Russia just doesn’t have the resources to attack Finland (full NATO membership) and same time fighting in Ukraine. I have served in FDF as Jaeger, TOW-gunner. My grandfather fought in Winter War 1939, when soviets try to invade us, the Red Army had more than one million soldiers already deployed on our borders; Finland, prior to mobilization, had just 33,000. After 105 days they stopped. The casualties were too big for Stalin. We kept our independence.

[@Eagle-nq2mv]

Finland knows that Putin’s full of shit with his empty, tedious , threats.

[@elishh8173]

Yes we truly know that.

[@marlenfras5490]

Good reporting. Thank you. Strong Ukraine and Poland.

[@henrikstenlund5385]

The Finns do not speak much, they just act when needed. They have been under the threats of Russia for a long time. They are used to it and know what to do in all situations. The Russians know this and therefore do not dare to attack Finland. The Russians have really bad experiences of it.

[@Skeptic2006]

Ah, the usual routine: starting the day with a cup of coffee, while casually brushing off nuclear strike threats. Just another typical morning here in Finland.

[@liipola1980]

They cant really use those against Helsinki because fallout would most likely hit ST Petersburg due to the winds in Gulf of Finland.

[@rasterray]

4:26 'Heavy on melodrama, but light on reality.' Classic! Love it. Putin's friend DJT mimics his style every day. 😀

[@user-xe8zj6rc3o]

anyone seen the movie last soldier?

[@merjakotisaari9046]

The movie is the unknown soldier

[@user-xe8zj6rc3o]

@@merjakotisaari9046 oh yeah, that’s right…

[@elrikup1179]

Talvisota too ....winter war movie

[@jamesquinn7272]

It's just Putin throwing his dummy out of the pram again we all are getting well used to it, childish behaviour

[@christer8964]

@21:50 Look like Putin really enjoying himself telling jokes for young Russian girls.

[@patriot52realfinn22]

Finns are strong and Putin makes noise like an empty barrel. Iskander threat is nothing.

[@maciekszymanski8340]

Under Urho Kekkonen harsh policy Finland was willy nilly a part of Soviet zone of influence. But he bright side of this situation of limited idependence was economical liberty. So sad that Finland only now joined NATO. You'd be welcome just when SU collapsed. You just overslept the best opportunity. But as the saying goes - better late than never.

[@elishh8173]

It hurts my heart so much that they stole Karelia from us. My family is from there. Then the orcs wanted to SELL it back to Finland after the collapse of the SO but some politician decided the money was too much and it would influence Finlands economy too hard. He also said "our people had to pack up what they could bring and flee from there. We don't want to do that to the Russians that live there now". I still believe we should have bought it back, and I'm not alone in this. So many Finnish people wanted that. Now it's too late. But maybe next time Russia collapses we can get it back somehow. I hope.

[@maciekszymanski8340]

@@elishh8173 Change your mindset. You don't have to shift the boarders to make these people life better. It's much easier to change the leaders (fuehrers) than mess around with deceptive nazi ideas about "lebensraum" and "nation cleansing"..

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

Finland was completely free and independent during that time. I know I lived in Finland that time.We were free to do anything and Finland was not behind the iron curtain. Finland joined the Nordic council and was and is a Nordic and western country. Finland had a "good relationship" with Russia and with western countries. All the time finns criticized Russia's government and felt sorry for Russian ppl. It was easy for Finns to travel in all western countries, but traveling in the eastern European countries they had to have a visa, permissions and the documents etc.

[@Silveirias]

@@elishh8173 100% agree that our territories (Karelia, the Gulf of Finland Islands, Salla, and Petsamo) need to be returned to Finland. Of course not by war, but with a minimum 50-year integration plan. I'm so sick of seeing my fellow Finns still believe all the height of finladisation lies about how getting our territories back would be somehow bad for us.

[@albabayan1785]

Putin is done!

[@maxlevett7474]

A lot of lakes up that way. Orcs will need amphibious golf carts from chyna

[@elishh8173]

True. Hahaha but seems orcs can't fight good in Finnish terrain. Almost like they are allergic to it or something.

[@CaptainFox91]

Garry Kasparov is from Azerbaijan not ruzzia!

[@Claudiu_Dumitru]

Yep. He also uses his brain for thinking, not propaganda. A great person, Kasparov.

[@CaptainFox91]

@@Claudiu_Dumitru well said

[@penttitapper]

We take russian threats serious. We have twice as many trained military personnel than Israel and Israel have twice our population.

[@58innikiisu]

We have no threat from Russia ! NATO is The only reason !

[@drlegendre]

But.. but.. I thought that FENCES DON'T WORK?! Must be a special case.. fences work in Finland, but not in the southern US. Yeah, that must be it.

[@ChaulThe]

The fence on the eastern border also became a laughing stock because it looks weak and does not cover the whole border as far as I know. It's barely 10 feet tall and it cost a lot of money to build. But, at least the border guards do regular patrols. It's better than nothing. The ones who try to cross are caught, being slowed down by the fence at least.

[@olevaiti4302]

The barbed wire in Finland is so cold, that nobody dares to touch it. That's why it cannot work in the southern USA.

[@elishh8173]

I'm glad Finland put a stop to Putins tactics to try to send alot off immigrants on bikes towards the Finnish border and Finland sent them back. Please dont turn Finland into Sweden. Because you can't have millions of military aged males coming to your country for economic reasons. It will destroy Finland like it did Sweden. The crimerate will go up too much. Keep Finland Finnish!!!

[@rickdunn7585]

We the people in the divided states need to put some deterrence on the southern border fence like high voltage and the military

[@MythicPlague]

Thank you for the amazing report. Since I lived during the end of the cold war. I always thought the only real reason that russia never attacked was due to the Star Wars Weapons' Platform. Now yes there was a movie actually called Star Wars however two totally unrelated. The weapons system was designed to be a money pit that russia could never get out of until it succeeded in creating a defence for the system. However it was basically designed to fool russia with movie tech at the time and with the correlation of all the Satellites we sent up at the time with the International Space station talks. That the Star Wars weapon itself was to harness the ability to use the satellites to lock onto and destroy the Nuclear weapon in space at its highest trajectory. Also that it could be used offensively to strike weapons silos and mobile russian NBCW (Nuclear, Biologica, Chemical, Weapons) platforms while they were going to the launching site. It was basically the worst animation of the time showing these satellites linking up and hitting the target with lasers and missiles in outer space. Plus the war in Afghanistan at the time caused russia to fall. Now the Soviet Union's nickname for those past the cold war was all the territory that the Nazi Germans had taken and then fallen into the hands of USSr and then being a vassal state in name only as a blocking point for russian defence if NATO attacked. The Iron Curtain was basically to stall and by time for russia and its limited allies to fight. With a vast Majority of russian assets still in the Stains regions with their space program locked in Kazakhstan which just told russia to piss off as of last year in 2023 that they would not allow russia to use the 1 launching platform it had. Now each State in the Union which was occupied with a russian Friendly government which was meant to basically enslave its people as russians. Each state started to get courage from time to time and had horrific shut down operations by the government using troops from different areas' posted inside that country so that it was not the citizens shooting on citizens of the societies. Meant to be shown as power over the people as in riot we send in the USSR military not your own military and kill everything that was in front of it. However with the funds being used for war on the American space program Afghanistan, and all the resources it took to hold by force the states into the union. As the wars went the money left and russia did not at one point even have enough money to pay its officers. Now this is a quick and crude history just for a comment on the American perspective. We always wanted Europe to join with America to be allies even with russia. At one point we offered them to join NATO. In the early 2000s russia started to pull away from the collective West and started being leery of russian intentions. After Putler started to re-write the russian constitution. Now with what is left of it you could not use it to blow your nose with. Putler stripped so much from russia that it went from Communism to Capitalism to whatever this is now. Like I was saying prior, each country that was in front of russia was just a resource to slow the UN or NATO or whatever it was down. That is one reason most of the russian vehicles are amphibious even the tanks so they could keep going when NATO was sure to blow the bridges when russia invaded. Good foresight by the russians as to how to know your enemy. russia was perfectly willing to sacrifice its vassal state for USSr. Until 1986, 26, 04 or Chernobyl which changed russian strategy after that due to the waste that came back from wind currents. russia only said it was around 100 that died and that it was not a big deal. And yet here we sit and when russia tried to take Chernobyl they dug into the soil using equipment that had been saturated in radioactive air for over 30 years. Needless to say the control of the plant is still in UKraines hands after the whole group was sent back to russia where from the last report less than 8% survived after the choice to "Dig In" not sure if they are on this side or the other side of the grass. There is a great interview with a commander of the Ukraine defence force that is on KZbin.

[@elishh8173]

Thank you for your comment and your insight in this matter. I know that the US at one time even wanted to be allies with Russia but they decided to go their own way. Its sad that their corrupt leaders have made its people suffer for so long. And now they have Putin and he is in my opinion a complete psychopath, possibly he has ALL traits from the dark triad. I'm from Finland but live in Sweden. I'm glad we joined NATO because we need allies and I think its good that Sweden starts to build up its military even more now. Finland has always had a strong military especially after ww2. We never stopped thinking about who is a threat against us, its Russia and has always been. I think its a good think so many countries have now joined NATO and Europe and the US must always remain strong allies. That is very important for both sides since we are basically the same people and have very similar values in comparison to Russia who now seems to be an ally to Iran, North Korea and China. My fear is that once Putin gets even older, and realizes how much he has screwed up by attacking Ukraine, and he has made Russia a pariah state, he might push the button and start a nuclear war with no winners only losers. I'm afraid of him killing the entire earth. It frightens me because he is an evil dictator that only believes in his own insanity and if someone opposes him, he gets them killed. Oh and I saw the interview with the soldier that had protected cernobyl and I the Russians that dug down in trenches in the radioactive soil and washed and dried their clothes and just completely contaminated themselves in highly radioactive material for over a month. After getting home I bet their hair started falling out, they started to get sores on the parts of their bodies most exposed to radiation etc. If there were any survivors I hope they don't succeed in getting any children because if they even survive, they will have alot of congenital birth defects. Anyway have a nice day/night and I love intelligent comments like yours, they make my day🫠

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

Our host on this show is a bit of a puzzle; I've tried but I can't place his accent.

[@camdenmcandrews]

The bit about Garry Kasparov being a terrorist floored me. I'm sure I would be terrified by Kasparov only if he were sitting on the other side the chessboard, though I suspect that ol' Vatnik Patootie might have other feelings on the matter. (FOOTNOTE: I think you mean "outspoken," not "unspoken.")

[@slavojalois1639]

Love your work, Finland! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

[@kallekas8551]

❤️🫵🇺🇦❤️from🇫🇮🇦🇺

[@janko6608]

Thanks. All the best.

[@elishh8173]

Thank you!!! Slava Ukraine!!!

[@kallekas8551]

@@elishh8173 слава Украине !🇺🇦

[@marianne6876]

Ukraine Will Win, Slava Ukrayini 🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦

[@mickgatz214]

Seems to me that anything that doesn't go in the Kremilin's favour, seems to infuriate them... 😂 China/CCP (without drawing comparisons), seem to be likewise... LOL Ahhh, the world is so unstable atm.

[@londop.a.3048]

Nothing new, during the cold war the border was full of soldiers. But now Russia needs to create a new army first, the former went to Ukraine and was destroyed, Northern Russian military bases are almost empty it can be seen in satellite images. Most of units will never come back.

[@rainymanish]

ETERNAL EVIL😢

[@anticorruptionagenda5106]

nothing is.........

[@Neobert5240]

Id invite all refugees out of Russia and train and quipped as a legion for Finland 🇫🇮 citizenship like in France 🇫🇷

[@natous5308]

US/NATO is more than capable of taming any little barking Chihuahua .

[@JayMacTire]

Finland President looks like a James Bond Villain 😂

[@larzkruber822]

No bad relationship before they joined NATO... Just leave out the key part of why they joined

[@anticorruptionagenda5106]

Just like ukraine lol

[@larzkruber822]

@@anticorruptionagenda5106 When did ukraine joined NATO?

[@anticorruptionagenda5106]

@@larzkruber822>🧠

[@duhni4551]

There has been only one really short period of time in history when Russia and Finland has had good relations, that was about 20 years following Great Northern War. Any other time, they have been really bad. That is just a fact.

[@cski12894]

I love your show! Can you maybe tell you Director that the west is getting dizzy when you continually spin around to different cameras? It just doesnt look....genuine. We stopped doing that 25 years ago in the states. I really do love the show....just an observation that has been sort of bothering me for a while..I just had to share. I am sure you are tired of it as well! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥️

[@pdd60absorbed12]

Honestly, Biden? come on man!

[@ExiSTEIN]

PUTIN ??? Just like Peskov ,,,🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡😅😅

[@Vixctor13]

We can stay calm because Russians got their hands full with Ukraine. That's why we need to support Ukraine as much as we can.

[@mrdarbab]

They can’t attack a nato country. Why worry?

[@elishh8173]

Putin is crazy. He might push the button. He doesnt care. He'd rather kill his enemies even if that means his own country will be completely blasted to a nuclear waste pit but he doesn't care.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Russia should be neutral.

[@elishh8173]

They will never be as long as Putin and the people and institutions he has in his hands are gone. They believe in "Rossisskye Mir" aka Russian world. And "holy war" against the west. Their Patriarch Kirill said it. When did Jesus EVER say anything about "holy war"??? That's right. He never did. So how can someone call themselves a Christian and at the same time want to commit genocide against other people??

[@58innikiisu]

No to NATO !!!!! It has started many wars, in Jugoslavia , Syria, Vietnam, Afganistan and now in Ukraina and perhaps in Finland.

[@upnorth2421]

🤡

[@seannicholson8498]

Trump can build a wall for Finland lmfao

[@ExiSTEIN]

😅😅😅😅👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@eskokauppila1327]

very bad angry music after⁷⁵years against nato the tank wasn't in finnland's eastborder it was from "soviet union" make a better friendshipfilm to your own mind mr Nato🏳🏳🏳

[@elishh8173]

Mää en ymmärrä?

[@olavmartinkvam4184]

Russia don't threathen Scandinavia. If you young man , read the history, but history every in where in the world is not easy. Even you study most of your life, maybe you would not understand so much

[@fsbollox]

Susan

[@petereriksson7166]

What nonsense.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Apart from when Russia invaded Finland

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

​​Russia attacked Finland 1939. Have you ever heard of the winter war. Have you ever heard of the "Greater Wrath 1700 and the "Lesser Wrath" 1742?

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

None of this would be a problem if Russia just remained neutral

[@paulfaigl8329]

You should better more worry about your morality, dear Poles! Will you be sending back to Ukraine all her citizens who got an asylum in Poland, against their own will? That should be your main issue...not Finland 🔊🗣️🔊

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Russia should be neutral

[@SudeysAbdullahi]

Putin is a great man

[@natalieturko4808]

A great monster.

[@petereriksson7166]

Pyton

[@WorldCitizen0000]

Some people say Benjamin Netanyahu is a great man too. Its open to debate of course....

[@elrikup1179]

No! Putin's a dictator

[@joe-qs1yf]

AAA+++