Finland officially joined NATO today as Moscow threatened “retaliatory measures” over the latest humiliation for Vladimir Putin.
Finnish ministers formally handed over documents to alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at NATO’s Brussels headquarters - completing a process which began 11 months ago after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Finland, which becomes the coalition’s 31st member, shares a 832-mile border with Russia and its entry more than doubles the size of NATO’s frontier with Russia.