Toimittaja/journalist (STT - Finnish News Agency), ulkomaat&turpo/foreign&secpol. Occasionally also in English. RT = I agree/disagree/just wonder.

Tuusula/Helsinki
Joined March 2012
🇫🇮 Prez Stubb: We would not have called Putin, if Ukraine had not wished us to do so.
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Stubb: We (🇫🇮🇧🇻) are not peace mediators, we are 100 % for Ukraine.
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
This is quite something ! Serbian RTV channel starts yesterday's bulletin by apologizing to viewers👇 "For years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly and failed to ask necessary questions. We owe our viewers an apology”
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
Just landed in Helsinki. The Nordics are our closest allies, and our destinies are bound together, just as they were a thousand years ago. Thank you, Finland, and thank you to all our Nordic friends for everything you already do for Ukraine. Today, I will meet with Finland’s high-level officials, my Finnish colleague @elinavaltonen, and colleagues from Norway and Denmark. We will also have a separate trilateral format with the foreign ministers of Finland and Norway to discuss peace efforts and coordinate the decisions our leaders agreed in Oslo. Tomorrow, I will address the Nordic Council session for the first time. The priorities of our talks are set by Russia's daily terror. They are air defense to protect our skies this winter, equipment for our energy sector and shelters, where Finland leads the relevant coalition, and joint weapons production for our soldiers.
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En uskalla vielä julistaa Putin-puhelua hyväksi tai huonoksi ideaksi. Mutta olen melko varma, etteivät Alex ja Jonas kehuneen Vladimiria suureksi "humanitaariksi". 😉
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Stubbin & Stören Putin-puhelu ei näytä miellyttävän kaikkia Euroopassa, mutta Zelenskyi kiittelee. Ehkä ajatuksena oli, että vaihtelun vuoksi joku muukin voisi pirauttaa Moskovaan, kuin Putinin nuoleskeluun keskittyvä Trump. Mutta pian nähtäneen, mihin tämä kääntyy....
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
Spoke with President of Finland @alexstubb and Prime Minister of Norway @jonasgahrstore following their call today with the Russian leader and as a continuation of our discussions in Oslo with representatives of America, Europe, and NATO. I am grateful for the detailed briefing and for their active support for our diplomacy and the peace efforts we are pursuing together with all our partners. Alex and Jonas made it clear to the Russian leader that real de-escalatory steps are needed regarding our energy and infrastructure. We discussed preparations for the trilateral meeting planned for November at the team level – Ukrainian, American, and Russian. Finland and Norway, as countries that border Russia, have a particular interest in sound and reliable security arrangements. We also discussed various formats for our engagement with partners in Europe that could be useful in further supporting diplomacy, our defense, and our shared security. There must be peace, de-escalation is needed, and Russia must stop dragging out the war. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine!
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
⚡️Ukraine has completed its portion of the work on the joint European Freyja anti-ballistic missile project, President Zelenskyy confirmed. He urged ten partner nations to accelerate their work so the coalition can begin testing the interceptor system as soon as possible.
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
And then some facts: More than 90 % of the Russian soldiers in Ukraine are contract soldiers. Their average age is almost 40. I had one Tesla before this guy went batshit crazy. Never again.
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R-junan työmatkaajalle Järvenpäästä Hkiin kaikki aamut on kyllä melkoista arpapeliä: onko juna pari vai parikymmentä minuuttia myöhässä - tai peruttu kokonaan? Ajoissa olevaan junaan en ole muutamaan viikkoon noussut..
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
Suomen F-35A Lightning II -hävittäjistä koneyksilöt JF-509 ja JF-511 saapuivat Rovaniemelle Lapin lennostoon 23. lokakuuta kello 17.56. Puolustusvoimien F-35A-hävittäjiä on saapunut kotimaahan nyt yhteensä neljä. #ilmavoimat #F35 @Puolustusvoimat
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
Russia has lost Two more SU-30s Fighter jets as they collided in the air over Kaliningrad. 🔥🔥🔥
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
ICEYE and @Nokia announced today a partnership with The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to develop sovereign satellite communications. ICEYE has supported Ukraine since 2022 and delivers sovereign space capability at speed. This builds on that. Read more: hubs.li/Q04C3bj-0
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
Today, we continue our cooperation with Finland – and very substantively. We are working comprehensively with the Government of Finland – with Prime Minister @PetteriOrpo. Thank you for this cooperation and for this level of relations between our countries. We have a new support package for Ukraine from Finland – and, in addition, agreements that expand our opportunities for cooperation. Seven documents have been signed – the total value of today's agreements is €300 million. We agreed to make greater use of Finland's satellite capabilities – this is important for our defense and Ukraine's resilience. We reached agreements on this with Nokia and ICEYE. Thank you for your readiness to support our logistics and energy sector – these are Russia's key targets right now. And having more locomotives, more energy equipment, and more funding to protect energy infrastructure will really help.
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Suomessa on kyllä helppoa, kun ei tarvitse miettiä, että miten tuon ulkomaiden pommittamisen saisi synkattua parhaiten tähän eduskuntavaalikampanjaan. 😅
BREAKING: Trump declares the US is not negotiating with Iran and that something major will happen "soon." "Most people seem to think it's after the election," he added, indicating strikes before the midterms. It comes as Trump shifted toward favoring a preemptive strike in recent hours, and US military assets are being moved rapidly into place for an expected green light from Trump, per US officials. Iran's internal assessment is that large-scale bombing will begin in the next few days, before Tuesday's Israeli elections.
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Ballistic missile air alert in Kyiv while 🇫🇮 Finnish PM Orpo is visiting the city.
Kiovassa vieraileva pääministeri Petteri Orpo (kok.) kiirehdittiin väestönsuojaan ballististen ohjusten ilmahälytyksen vuoksi. Orpo oli vierailemassa Venäjän aiemman iskun kohteena olleella koululla.
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Niilo Simojoki 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nsimojoki.bsky.social retweeted
Valtion tieto- ja viestintätekniikkakeskus Valtori: Tietoturvauhan vuoksi alas ajettujen valtionhallinnon verkkopalvelujen palautuminen voi kestää jopa viikkoja.
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