Lesson No.1 for Putin: Never Mess with Finland

Ever.

Finnish Border Guard

Finland. Finland. Finland.

You beauty.

That was some of the boldest action I’ve seen in recent times. I’ll place Finland's resolve over the past 100 hours right alongside Britain and Poland tearing up diplomatic playbooks in January 2023 to push the Western alliance into delivering tanks to Ukraine.

Yes, nearly two years ago. After a long lull, we now have a European nation daring Putin and emerging decisively on top.

Stunning details have emerged following the seizure of the Eagle S by Finnish authorities. The tanker, which departed Russia’s port of Ust-Luga loaded with oil, was en route to Port Said, Egypt. While passing through the Gulf of Finland, it dropped its anchor and dragged it along the seabed, severing multiple undersea cables, including a power cable linking Finland and Estonia.