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"Isku heikentää Venäjän sotilaallista suorituskykyä ja kasvattaa sen sodankäynnin kustannuksia. Samalla isku on symbolisesti ja viestinnällisesti erittäin tärkeä Ukrainalle, koska se osoittaa, että Ukrainalla on kykyä yllättää Venäjä." Mukana John Helin yle.fi/a/74-20165133

Hyvää Puolustusvoimain lippujuhlan päivää! 🇫🇮 Trevlig försvarets fanfest! 🇫🇮

The channels are open, but at some point we have to ask ourselves does Trump care about what Europe has to say?

Yes, there's a war. Russia is trying every day single day to strike Ukraine with everything it has. The bigger news is that Putin is playing the situation as an excuse to avoid ceasefire negotiations. nytimes.com/live/2025/06/0…

Worth noting that if NATO allies do agree to 3.5% military spending plus 1.5% on infrastructure and defence-related spending, this is an even bigger stretch than it sounds, because the existing spending levels include a fair bit of stuff that rightfully belongs in the 1.5%.

Thank you NUPI RUSI and CSIS for a great roundtable on defense of Northern Europe. Glad for the opportunity to try and bring a Finnish perspective into the discussion. Always useful to have researchers, government officials and soldiers around the same table.

Puolustusministeri Häkkänen Brysselissä: Nato on hyväksynyt uudet suorituskykytavoitteet. Suomi tukee niiden edellyttämää puolustusmenotavoitteen nostoa yhteensä 5 prosenttiin bruttokansantuotteesta.

Okay, we had our fun with Trump-Elon breakup. Time to focus again on all the things they don't want you to pay attention to.

It seems the strategic defence review has a classified annex or version. "Some parts of review — specifically on the perception of the threat facing Britain — will never be published because they are classified." thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…

Kiitos tapaamisesta keisari Naruhito. It was an honour to meet His Imperial Highness, Emperor Naruhito.

The 2nd Baltic Indo-Pacific Forum (BIPF) is about to kick off! High-level experts, policymakers and key stakeholders will discuss security and strategic issues in the Indo-Pacific region and their relation to European matters. See more: icds.ee/en/bipf/

Always happy to back in Estonia, this time for the ICDS Tallinn second Baltic Indo-Pacific Forum. Thank you to Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna, Kristi Raik and Ambassador Koichiro Nakamura for setting the scene. 🙏

”Ei aina ymmärretä, että opintolaina on oikeasti lainaa” Lause kertoo koko järjestelmän väärinymmärtämisestä. Opiskelijat pakotetaan lapioimaan lainaa. Opintorahaa kurjistetaan, asumistukea ei enää saa ja opintolainaa on korotettu. Tässä tulos. yle.fi/a/74-20164678

Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific and the Nordic-Baltic Regions - Hideshi Tokuchi, 平和・安全保障研究所-RIPS - Céline Pajon, Institut français des relations internationales - Marek Kohv, ICDS Tallinn - Joel Linnainmäki, FIIA Moderator: Elena Atanassova-Cornelis Photos: flic.kr/s/aHBqjChCR2 Baltic Indo-Pacific Forum 2025

Not a great sign. “State Dept said it has ordered the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad…The department…also is authorizing the departure of nonessential personnel and family members from Bahrain and Kuwait.” apnews.com/article/state-…

Eri aika, sama meininki FIIA kesäpiknikillä 🤠