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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Anne Kauranen and Essi Lehto

Finns warm to NATO in alarmed reaction to Russian invasion of Ukraine

Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto is pictured during an interview with Reuters in Helsinki, Finland, March 2, 2022. Picture taken March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Essi Lehto

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is causing a rapidly growing number of Finns to support membership of NATO, suggesting the country's delicate balancing act between the Kremlin and the U.S.-led military alliance could be coming to an end.

Many Finns have traditionally been wary of Russia, with which their Nordic country shares a 1,340 km (833 miles) border and a history of two wars between 1939 and 1944 which cost Finland substantial territory.

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