Helsingin sanomat newspaper write that Jussi Halla-aho (Finns) – the former leader of the Basic Finns and now the chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee – told the newspaper on Tuesday that the West’s intervention in the war in Ukraine will soon be inevitable, so it would be better to do it sooner rather than later.
"The West will not tolerate a worsening of the situation," Halla-aho said, adding that public and moral pressure on Russia is not enough as the number of victims in Ukraine increases.
On Tuesday morning, Halla-aho tweeted in English NATO, the UN and the European Commission to take action.
"Please stop the Russian herd before we have a new Grozny and Aleppo in the middle of Europe! You have the means. You have a legal and moral right," he wrote.
His comments caused quite a stir, especially given his new role in the Foreign Affairs Committee, when the HS wrote that the Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) commented that these were "strong words" comes from the chairman of the committee.
Halla-aho admitted that some might consider his views radical, but he told HS he was just trying to analyze the situation.
"It has happened that many of my previous views have been considered radical at first. I said a few weeks ago that negotiations with Russia are futile in this situation and that armed aid can be given to Ukraine," he said.
Nordea was attacked by a denial of service
Financial magazine reports suspected cyber attack against the Nordea banking group, which resulted in customers being delayed in logging in to the bank’s online and mobile banking services.
The disruption could have started as early as Sunday night, when Taloussanomat wrote that the bank was still investigating the source of the denial-of-service attack. However, customer information or property is not believed to be compromised.
The Financial Supervision Authority (Fiva) described the outage "exceptionally long".
"This is, of course, a really unfortunate situation for the bank’s customers. The downtime has been very long," Fivan manager Markku Koponen told Helsingin Sanomat.
An article in Financial News adds that if customers are charged for late fees due to a cyber attack, they can file a complaint through online or mobile banking services.
"Possible compensation can be considered on a case-by-case basis by our customer service if the customer has suffered financial damage," the bank said.
The bus driver delivers supplies, collects asylum seekers
Tampere-based Aamulehti reports a bus driver who supplies supplies to the Ukrainian-Polish border and plans to bring up to 60 Ukrainian asylum seekers back to Tampere.
The AL writes that the situation in Ukraine has motivated many private citizens and companies in the Pirkanmaa region to take action, as clothes and other goods have been donated to people fleeing the conflict.
Bus driver Alex Ahonen told the newspaper he was inspired to travel "scary videos of bombings" from Ukraine. He announced his travel plans to the Kauppi district asylum seeker reception center and his intention to return with about 60 Ukrainians on his bus on Thursday.
Another bus and a truck full of stuff are expected to make the same trip in the next few days.
Jari KähkönenMigri, Director General of the Finnish Immigration Service, told AL that he was happy to see the sympathy of the Finns for the Ukrainians and was impressed by their willingness to help.
"It is great that Finns are helping Ukrainians. This compassion that has been seen is a really great thing," Kähkönen said.
Finland to Ukraine
Many magazines also report on the fascinating performance of iconic Finnish singing Finland – changed to the title word Ukraine (Finnish word for Ukraine) – presented outside the Russian Embassy in Helsinki on Tuesday night.
The concert was led by a well-known Student Union Singers (YL Male Choir), with Helsingin Sanomat writing that the choir wanted to show compassion and support for Ukraine and condemn the Russian war of aggression.
"Our song echoes of the fighting in Ukraine – its brave people and the common security of the whole of Europe," CEO of YL Jarno Oikkonen said in a press release.
Finland is a melody poem by a Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in 1899 as a secret protest against the increasing censorship of the Russian Empire.
The HS article also includes a video of the presentation.