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

Russia will deploy nuclear weapons in the Baltic region if Finland and Sweden join Nato, one of Vladimir Putin’s most senior allies has warned.

European Union nations Finland and Sweden have reached important stages on their way to possible NATO membership

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed Finland and Sweden to the verge of applying for NATO membership and abandoning a belief held for decades that peace was best kept by not publicly choosing sides.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her Swedish counterpart say a decision could come by late June.

Finland will make a decision about whether to apply to join the 30-member NATO alliance in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Sanna Marin told reporters in Stockholm on Wednesday. "There are different perspectives to apply (for) NATO membership or not to apply and we have to analyze these very…

Finland will make a decision about whether to apply to join the 30-member NATO alliance in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Sanna Marin told reporters in Stockholm on Wednesday.

It is thought a decision on Nato membership could be made as soon as the summer as a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Finland and Sweden are planning to join NATO as early as this summer in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.