Finland, NATO have no plans to send troop to Ukraine

President Alexander Stubb and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said Finland and NATO have no plans to send troops to Ukraine.

"NATO has no plans to deploy forces to Ukraine. We are focusing on how we can establish a stronger… framework for our support to Ukraine and how to establish and agree a long-term financial commitment to ensure that we stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes," Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference after a meeting with Stubb on the final day of his two-day visit to Finland.

"Finland has no plans to deploy troops in Ukraine. We are in conversation, of course, with our allies about various options in which we can help Ukraine, whether financial, military, or ammunition-based. But we have not changed that," Stubb said at the press conference.

Stoltenberg also noted that he saw no imminent military threat against any NATO ally from Russia, and not even after the end of the conflict.

He welcomed that Finland invests 2% of its GDP in defence.

“We also welcome the many Finnish contributions to NATO missions and operations. Just actually this week, you started to do air policing out of Romania. That's yet another example of how you contribute to our shared security,” he said.