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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed Finland and Sweden to the verge of applying for NATO membership.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin says the possibility of her country joining NATO is for the security of its citizens and called for the international community to unite in stepping up sanctions against Russia

Finland's Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, said on Wednesday that if her nation takes the historic step to apply to join the NATO alliance, it will be for the security of its own citizens.

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.

Women’s wing calls to remain ‘militarily non-aligned’ before Sweden and Finland decide on membership

Finland, which is considering whether to apply for membership to the NATO alliance, said that keeping any transition period as short as possible would be important for its security, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday.

This was the first in-person meeting between the two leaders.

Turkey on Thursday rejected accusations that its warplanes conducted unauthorized military flights over Greek islands, pointing the finger at fellow NATO-member Greece instead. A Turkish Foreign Ministry statement said accusations made by Greece "do not reflect the truth" and insisted that it was Greece’s air force that carried out "provocative…

Alexander Stubb, who has long backed NATO membership, speaks to Al Jazeera about Helsinki’s decision to join alliance.

Finland and Sweden will together express their wish to join NATO in May, tabloid newspapers Iltalehti in Finland and Expressen in Sweden reported on Monday, citing sources close to the matter.

Two countries could apply for membership simultaneously as soon as mid-May, according to reports