
Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson gives a press conference on Sunday
(Picture: AP)Vladimir Putin has “shot himself in the foot” by triggering moves by Finland and Swede because of his invasion of Ukraine, a top military expert said on Monday.
Rear Admiral Chris Parry, a former commander of the UK’s Amphibious Task Group, stressed that the Russian president’s military campaign had backfired to create a “modern nightmare” for him with the expansion of the western military alliance.