{"id":113884,"date":"2023-05-04T07:40:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T04:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/zelenskyy-in-finland-this-year-will-be-decisive-for-victory\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T07:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T04:40:59","slug":"zelenskyy-in-finland-this-year-will-be-decisive-for-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/zelenskyy-in-finland-this-year-will-be-decisive-for-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy in Finland: \u2018This year will be decisive for victory\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113884\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>After morning talks with the Finnish President, Zelenskyy will meet with other Nordic leaders during Wednesday afternoon. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that 2023 will be &#8220;decisive for victory&#8221; as his country continues to battle a full-scale Russian invasion. Zelenskyy is making a rare foreign visit to Finland for meetings with Nordic leaders, at a summit hosted by Finnish President Sauli Niinist\u00f6.<\/p>\n<p>At a Wednesday lunchtime press conference, Zelenskyy said he was working with Finland and other Nordic partners on more military aid packages &#8212; which he described as &#8220;crucial&#8221; &#8212; and a new round of sanctions which he said the Kremlin was &#8220;constantly trying to evade.&#8221;<br \/>\nBefore he left Kyiv, Zelenskyy released a video Tuesday evening where he said that Ukraine was &#8220;closely monitoring how the terrorist state [Russia] is trying to circumvent sanctions, recording each such direction, and working together with our partners to block it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are preparing a large sanctions package. The decision will be made soon,&#8221; he added. He also said that he believed this year would be &#8220;decisive for victory&#8221; as Ukrainian forces plan for a much-anticipated counteroffensive against entrenched Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>In Helsinki, Zelenskyy referenced Finland&#8217;s Winter War against Russia in 1939-1940, when it was faced with an opponent of overwhelming size, but still somehow managed to defeat the might of the Russian forces. Zelenskyy said it was an &#8220;historic winter fight for freedom&#8221; which he compared to &#8220;our brave fight now&#8221; in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>President Zelenskyy arrived in Helsinki on a surprise visit during Wednesday morning. Despite the short notice, there were still quite many people at the side of the road cheering as his motorcade swept through the city. On a brief walkabout outside the Presidential Palace with Niinist\u00f6, Zelenskyy gave a thumbs up to well-wishers who had gathered to show their support.<\/p>\n<p>The visit of President Zelenskyy to Finland is being hosted by President Sauli Niinist\u00f6, who takes the lead on foreign policy issues. The pair already hald bilateral talks late Wednesday morning, and were set to talk about &#8220;Ukraine&#8217;s defence struggle,&#8221; as well as Finnish support for Ukraine and bilateral relations, according to a statement from the president&#8217;s office. Zelenskyy is then attending a working lunch with outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, and he&#8217;ll also meet the incoming prime minister, Petteri Orpo who is currently holding talks on forming a new government after April&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<p>During the afternoon, President Niinist\u00f6 will host a Nordic-Ukrainian Summit, which will be attended by Zelenskyy as well as Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson, Norway&#8217;s PM Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, and the prime minister of Iceland Katr\u00edn Jakobsd\u00f3ttir. The afternoon summit will discuss &#8220;the situation of Russia\u2019s war of aggression in Ukraine, the Nordic countries\u2019 continued support for Ukraine, the developments in Ukraine\u2019s relationship with EU and NATO and Ukraine\u2019s initiative for a just peace,&#8221; according to Niinist\u00f6&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the Nordic prime ministers will have the chance to have a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy as well, and will take part in a joint press conference at the end of the day in Helsinki.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/03\/ukraines-president-zelenskyy-makes-surprise-visit-to-finland-for-nordic-summit\">Euronews<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/zelenskyy-in-finland-this-year-will-be-decisive-for-victory\/\">Zelenskyy in Finland: \u2018This year will be decisive for victory\u201d<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,586,559,6529],"class_list":["post-113884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-finland","tag-ukraine","tag-zelenskyy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}