Russia Vows Retaliatory Steps After Finland Moves To Join NATO

Russia Vows Retaliatory Steps After Finland Moves To Join NATO

As Russia intensifies its assault on eastern Ukraine, it now says it views Finland’s plan to join NATO as a threat. Finland shares more than 800 miles of border with Russia and has been neutral for decades. Sweden is expected to follow. President Zelenskyy said in a speech overnight that if Ukraine had been a part of NATO, there would have been no war.

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