Finland's parliament voted on June 19 to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines, citing growing security concerns from Russia's aggressive posture and the threat it poses to the region,

Finland's Parliament voted to exit the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, citing national defence needs. The decision caused internal friction within the Social Democratic Party as several MPs abstained or were absent.

The Nordics and Baltics have been sounding the alarm on a potential Russian incursion since it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.