 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kushanda kwakafanana neBarbarossausatanga pasina ziviso yokutanga, uye kuderera kweukama hweSoviet neGermany, uko kwakatanga nomusangano muBerlin musi waNovember 12, kwaioneka panenge pakupera kwaMarch 1941. Stalin akaedza kuvandudza ukama neThird Reich nokutora utungamiriri hwehurumende yeSoviet musi waMay 6, akadzokera shure panyaya dzisina basa, uye akazadzisa zvibvumirano zvose zvokutengeserana kunyange zvazvo kutumira kweGermany kwakanga kwapera nguva. Rutivi rweiyi nhevedzano yakanga iriwo kuvandudza ukama neFinland. Mumiriri mutsva, Pavel Orlov, akatumidzwa kuHelsinki musi waApril 23 uye chipo chechitima chegorosi chakapiwa kuna J. K. Paasikivi paakaenda pamudyandigere achibva kuMoscow. Soviet Union yakarambawo kushora mubatanidzwa wokuzvidzivirira weSweden neFinland, asi kusafarira kweSweden uye kushora kweGermany rudzi irworwo rwokubatana kwakaita kuti chikumbiro chacho chisave nechokwadi. Nhepfenyuro yeSoviet yaishambadza zvinopesana neFinland yakamirawo. Orlov akazvibata zvikuru uye akanyaradza manzwiro mazhinji akanga amutswa nemutungamiri wake, asi sezvo akakundikana kugadzirisa chero nyaya dzinokosha dzakadai sekusawirirana pamusoro pePetsamo nickel kana kutangazve kupinza zviyo kubva kuSoviet Union, mutsara wake wakaonekwa chete sechinhu chitsva chemaitiro ekare. 