Russia's invasion of Ukraine is causing a rapidly growing number of Finns to support membership of NATO, suggesting the country's delicate balancing act between the Kremlin and the U.S.-led military alliance could be coming to an end.
Many Finns have traditionally been wary of Russia, with which their Nordic country shares a 1,340 km border and a history of two wars between 1939 and 1944 which cost Finland substantial territory.
Uosukainen didn't previously see a need for a defence alliance, but now said she had begun to think her country should quickly consider joining the NATO. Within a week, two official citizens' initiatives collected more than 50,000 signatures needed for them to be discussed in parliament. "In the midst of an acute crisis it is however particularly import to keep a cool head and assess carefully the impact of the changes that have already taken place and of those that might still happen," Niinisto said in a statement.
Finland, which was first part of the Swedish kingdom until 1809 and then under Russia's control until gaining independence in 1917, has long considered itself a northern shield for European freedom against its unpredictable eastern neighbour.
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