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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Helsinki

Security guarantees for Ukraine require readiness to fight Russia, says Finland’s president

Kharkiv prosecutor's office employee inspects damaged drone debris collected as evidence of Russian shelling
An employee of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office inspects military debris, including missiles, drones, and ammunition, collected and stored as evidence of Russian shelling, in Kharkiv, north-eastern Ukraine. Photograph: Sergey Kozlov/EPA

Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb, has said security guarantees for Ukraine, which are being discussed by the so-called “coalition of the willing”, would compel the European countries that sign to fight Russia if Moscow launched military action against Ukraine again in future.

“Security guarantees in essence are a deterrent. That deterrent has to be plausible and in order for it to be plausible it has to be strong,” Stubb told the Guardian, in an interview in Helsinki before travelling to New York for the UN general assembly.

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