News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for troops to freeze sperm. Parent comment

Re:Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for t... by pandaman on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @08:12PM (#47055739)
Finland had an offer from the USSR to swap some land for double the size elsewhere. After the "serious military victory over ussr" it lost that land plus some more for the total of 11% of its area, including its second largest city.

>and fought with ussr in 1941-1945

That is a very hilarious way to say that Finland allied with Nazis and got crushed again.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for t... by artem2471 on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @04:45PM (#47066896)
Finland retained its independence.

There was a clear designation of Finland as Soviet zone of influence in Molotov Ribbentrop protocol, every other country in that zone was conquered.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for t... by pandaman on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:29PM (#47068383)
>Finland retained its independence.

As same as all other Axis powers and their allies, nobody wanted to annex them.

[ Parent | on HN ]