According to Marin, Russia must pay war reparations for the destruction it caused in Ukraine. According to Zelensky, Finland is a strong ally and Prime Minister Marin is a true friend of Ukraine.
Antti Kuronen,
Jussi Nurminen
15:30•Updated 15:34
KIEV President of Ukraine to Volodymyr Zelensky Prime Minister who met in Kyiv Sanna Marin (sd.) assures that Finland will support Ukraine’s defense struggle as long as required.
Finland announced today that it will give Ukraine a total of 29 million euros in humanitarian aid and development cooperation support. The aid package is part of the additional funding of 70 million euros granted by the Finnish government last year to support Ukraine.
Zelenskyi said at the press conference he held with Marin that he was very satisfied with the arms aid provided by Finland, even though its content is mostly secret.
– I hope I could tell at least a little about the content of the arms aid, Zelenskyi said.
According to Marin, Finland is already preparing the fourteenth arms aid package. The total value of the previous packages is around 750 million euros. Finland is one of the largest donors of arms aid.
Marin also called for investments in the arms industry so that Europe can support Ukraine in the long term.
Marin said that Russia should pay war reparations for the destruction caused in Ukraine. For example, Russian funds in the West should be used for reconstruction.
At the press conference, Zelenskyi and Marin pledged strong support for each other, and the Finnish prime minister called the Ukrainian president a hero.
Zelenskyi, on the other hand, said that Finland is a strong ally and that Prime Minister Marin is a true friend of Ukraine.
“Russia is constantly committing war crimes”
Marin said that Russia is constantly committing war crimes in Ukraine.
– Every day, Russia targets innocent civilians in different parts of Ukraine. War crimes are committed.
Marin assured that Russian leaders and soldiers will still have to answer for their actions. Finland is active in the preparation of war crimes trials and supports the processing of war crimes committed by Russia in The Hague.
Marin reminded that the Finns will experience the same thing in the winter war that the Ukrainians are experiencing now.
– Your children and grandchildren can be proud of your heroism. Russia cannot do the same, Marin said.
– Kudos to Ukraine, Marin finished his speech.
Zelenskyi knocks down allegations of pipeline explosion
Recently, there have been claims in the public that Ukrainians participated in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines running in the Baltic Sea last fall.
Zelenskyi assured that Ukraine has nothing to do with blowing up gas pipelines. According to him, such claims are a matter of provocation, the purpose of which is to make it difficult to support Ukraine.
Marin and Minister of the Environment Maria Ohisalon (green) The visit to Ukraine is followed on the spot by ‘s reporter Antti Kuronen and the photographer Benjamin Suomela.