Finland and Kiev signed a long-term security cooperation agreement during the visit of Finnish President Alexander Stubb to Kiev, AFP reports.
Stubb also said Finland was providing a 188 million euro military aid package, including air defence and heavy ammunition, to help the Ukrainian army "win this war".
In the 10-year agreement, the Scandinavian country said it "will continue to provide long-term military, political and financial support, as well as humanitarian assistance and civil defence support to Ukraine ... for as long as necessary".
The deal - which is not a mutual defense pact or military alliance - is the latest in a series of similar commitments signed between Ukraine and its key Western backers.
The latest aid package brings Finland's total military aid to Ukraine to 2 billion euros since Russia invaded in February 2022, Stubb told a news conference in Kiev.
"We are not providing this military support just so Ukraine can defend itself. We are giving this military support so that Ukraine can win this war," he said.
Stubb also said he had no problem with the series of strikes against oil facilities on Russian territory.
Ukraine carried out two drone strikes on the Russian region of Tatarstan, about 1,100 kilometers from the countries' common border, in one of the deepest attacks on Russian territory.
"The only thing Russia understands is force...
If the question is do I have a problem with the price of oil rising because of them? My answer is no. I don't have a problem with it because in war there is always collateral damage," Stubb said. / BGNES
