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Sweden and Finland are starting to win assurances of help if threatened by Russia in the interim period between an expected application to join defense alliance NATO and an eventual entry.

The United States is confident it can address any security concerns Sweden and Finland may have about the period of time after they apply for NATO membership and before they are accepted into the alliance, the White House said on Thursday.

Russia is reported to have held drills this week simulating “nuclear-capable strikes”. According to a statement by Russia’s ministry of defence, forces of the Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad region, conducted training sessions to “deliver mock missile strikes with the crews of the Iskander operational-tactical missile systems”. The Iskander has…

NATO will increase it's presence around Sweden's borders and in the Baltic sea while a potential application to join the alliance is processed, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told Swedish public broadcaster SVT.

African countries have mostly been silent on Russia-Ukraine war but SA President Ramaphosa has lambasted NATO for it.

PROTESTERS will rally in Glasgow this weekend as part of a global day of action opposing the war in Ukraine.

President Lukashenko also credited himself for starting peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

Instituting a "no-fly" zone would be the U.S. "essentially going to war with Russia."

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