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In his address, he tried to justify their military action in Ukraine by saying that their forces are “fighting for the Motherland.”

A seismic shift has taken place in Finland since the invasion of Ukraine, which could lead to it possibly joining NATO. It would deliver a significant blow to the Russian President by potentially bringing the West right to his doorstep.

One of the last lines jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny speaks in the eponymous new CNN documentary is a quote usually attributed to the 18th-century philosopher Edmund Burke: “The triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” It is unclear whether Navalny sees Russian politics as a…

Finland’s parliament has begun discussing report outlining implications and risks of Nato membership

Al Jazeera recaps key events during week eight of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A senior Russian official said on Tuesday that NATO's reinforcement of its borders with Russia was no longer a figure of speech and Moscow should be prepared for possible aggressive action, Russia's TASS news agency reported.

The Ukrainian president's comments come as peace activists warn Sweden and Finland against joining NATO

Russia threatened to deploy nuclear weapons in and around the Baltic Sea region if Finland and Sweden join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as tensions fueled by President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine spread.

Losing the Moskva ship would be a military and symbolic blow for Russia as war enters its eighth week

The Kremlin has issued an ominous warning to Nato about the consequences for the Baltic if it allows Sweden and Finland to join the alliance, as has been widely reported. Dmitry Medvedev, a former president and a close ally of Vladimir Putin, said:

Lithuania plays down threat, claiming Russians already have such weapons in Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad