
- Finland announces its intention to seek NATO membership, hours before Sweden’s governing party backed a plan to join the transatlantic alliance.
- The decision comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Finland that joining NATO would be “a mistake”.
- Speaking after top diplomats from the alliance’s 30 member states met in Berlin, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed hope that Ukraine could win the war as Russian military advances appeared to be faltering.
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