Moscow slams Finland’s Stubb for backing Kiev’s strikes on Russian businesses (VIDEO)

The attacks are a “sensible military strategy,” the Finnish head of state said, urging Western backers to help expand them Moscow has slammed Finnish President Alexander Stubb for hailing Ukrainian strikes on civilian sites deep inside Russia, including e-commerce infrastructure.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Stubb of “degradation.” Ukraine has recently begun targeting warehouses and logistics facilities belonging to Wildberries , Russia’s largest online retailer, and its rival, Ozon.

Kiev has acknowledged the strikes are deliberate, claiming the companies’ networks are used by the Russian military to procure, store, and transport dual-use goods.

Moscow has rejected the claims, denouncing the attacks as acts of terrorism aimed at generating publicity.

What Stubb said At a press conference on Tuesday following a meeting in Kiev of the so-called ‘coalition of the willing,’ Stubb said Kiev’s backers should help expand its ability to strike deep inside Russia.

He claimed such attacks “increased the cost and the price of the war for Russia” and could pressure Russians to seek an end to the conflict.

“We can see that now in the sense that 65% of the Russian population wants to end this war.

And hitting logistics centers like Wildberries increases it with an additional 10%,” Stubb said, without providing a source for the figures.

He called the attacks “a sensible military strategy” and “the only way we’re going to get into the peace negotiations.” Finland's Stubb expressed support for long-range Ukrainian strikes, including attacks on logistics centers like Wildberries pic.twitter.com/4gfrYAXKxJ — Jungle Journey (@JnglJourney) August 25, 2026 Moscow reacts Commenting on Radio Sputnik on Wednesday, Zakharova said Stubb’s increasingly hawkish stance was “impossible” to explain as anything but “degradation,” given his previous support for Russian-Finnish ties.

Read more Is Europe ready for Ukraine’s defeat? “This is some kind of stupor.

It’s impossible to explain… This isn’t someone simply changing or expressing a position.

It’s degradation.

Degradation as a statesman, as a politician, and as a person,” she stated.

Zakharova recalled the strong business and civil-society ties between Russia and Finland before the Ukraine conflict, saying Stubb had supported them and “can’t be unaware” of the damage his anti-Russia policies have inflicted on Finland.