Finland 'will formally announce its NATO membership bid on May 12 with Sweden

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Finland will formally announce its bid to join NATO on May 12 with Sweden following suit days later, potentially sparking a huge escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war, government sources have said.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...mbership-May-12-says-Iltalehti-newspaper.html

 

[Walt]

Finland will formally announce its bid to join NATO on May 12 with Sweden following suit days later, potentially sparking a huge escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war, government sources have said.

If the order was reversed, there would be a risk Putin would invade Finland between when Sweden applied and when Finland applied.

It is sad that it has come to this. Both were able to remain neutral for 75+ years.

 

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If the order was reversed, there would be a risk Putin would invade Finland between when Sweden applied and when Finland applied.

It is sad that it has come to this. Both were able to remain neutral for 75+ years.

There's no risk, the Russians haven't forgotten how tenaciously the Finn's fought in 1939.

https://www.thebulwark.com/before-the-ukrainians-it-was-the-finns-who-kicked-russias-ass/

 

[Bigdog]

2 less countries that Vlad can invade.

 

[ExpressLane]

We shall see if Putin's threats are hollow. I suspect they are.