The war in Ukraine will not end this year: the president of Finland said when the negotiations will begin

Share: A ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely to happen until the spring of 2026. Western allies should continue to support Ukraine, even despite the high-profile corruption scandal, believes the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb. Russia continues to attack Ukraine and all of Europe, Stubb noted in a comment to the Associated Press. Only in Europe, so far, it is mainly informational and hybrid attacks, and in Ukraine, energy and the rest of the civil infrastructure suffer directly.

To survive this winter, you will need "sisu", said Alexander Stubb: this Finnish word, which does not have a literal translation, means endurance, resilience and tenacity. As the publication notes, "sisu" will also be needed by Stubb himself - after all, he is one of the key European mediators between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi. AR also reminds that Finland is a small country, which, moreover, shares a 1,340-kilometer border with Russia.

Therefore, it is Alexander Stubb who must understand how to resist a much larger opponent. In the 1940s, after two wars with Russia, Finland lost about 10% of its territory and agreed to military neutrality. This neutral position changed only after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Then Finland joined NATO. By the way, Alexander Stubb himself regularly communicates and plays golf with US President Donald Trump.