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Janne M. Korhonen
@jmkorhonen.fi

A #MEGATHREAD : my threads about #Defence of #Finland & #NATO 's Northern/Eastern Flank. Bits of #History, #SecurityPolicy & #Strategy too - and archived Twitter threads from my archival account (@jmkorhonen-twitter.bsky.social), so you don't have to go to the Bad Place. In somewhat random order.

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Janne M. Korhonen
@jmkorhonen.fi

2022-02-22: Where I tried to explain - 2 days before the Kremlins launched their onslaught against #Ukraine - why someone who's called #communist by far right goons thinks progressives ought to stand with Ukraine, and even supports #NATO . bsky.app/profile/jmko...

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Greetings from a Finnish leftist! The international situation has apparently left many people in the English-speaking countries confused. I write this thread in the hopes of sharing a perspective I believe is widely if not unilaterally shared in Finland, most leftists included.

Janne M. Korhonen
@jmkorhonen.fi

2022-03-02: Early on, I became concerned about the similarities between the 1939 #WinterWar and the Kremlin's full scale invasion of #Ukraine. Sad to say, we didn't learn enough from history. bsky.app/profile/jmko...

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What strikes me in the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine are the similarities to the Winter War (1939-40) against Finland. However, I'm afraid the end result could be similar as well - but it doesn't need to be. A THREAD.

Janne M. Korhonen
@jmkorhonen.fi

2022-03-08: How did it feel to live next door to Russia, and being a Finnish reservist. bsky.app/profile/jmko...

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Greetings again from a Finnish leftist, especially to everyone identifying as progressive or leftist but living far away from Russia at the moment! I'll try to explain a bit how it feels like to live in a country neighboring Russia, and why we seem to disagree about e.g. NATO.1/