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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze & Dan Bloom

Putin dealt fresh blow as Sweden and Finland plan to join NATO quickly

Vladimir Putin was dealt a fresh blow today as Finland announced plans to join NATO “without delay”.

Kremlin forces invaded Ukraine in February because the Russian President wanted to push the Western military alliance back from his country’s borders.

But the war has instead led to its neighbour Finland, with which it shares an 810-mile border, saying it wants the protection of the 30-member, nuclear-armed coalition.

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