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NATO weapons used to kill civilians in Ukraine
May 31, 2022 23:57An air raid siren over the separatist held Donetsk. The Ukrainian army shells this city every day. School 22, an old building; it survived World War II. But not this conflict.
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Turkey: Finland, Sweden must amend laws if needed to meet NATO demands
May 31, 2022 12:24The Turkish foreign minister says Finland and Sweden must amend their laws if needed to meet Turkey's demands and win Ankara's backing for their NATO membership bid, doubling down on a threat to veto the expansion of the US-led military alliance so long as the two Nordic states failed to stop supporting terrorist groups.
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Erdogan says Turkey will not allow ‘terrorism-supporting’ states join NATO
May 30, 2022 02:03Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will not allow “terrorism-supporting” countries enter NATO, days after Sweden and Finland submitted official bids to join the US-led military alliance.
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Putin: Foreign companies leaving Russia blessing for home-grown businesses
May 26, 2022 14:53Russian President Vladimir Putin has depicted foreign companies’ withdrawal from the country as a blessing and an opportunity for home-grown businesses.
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Turkey threatens to block Nordic NATO bids over ‘security concerns’
May 26, 2022 06:29Turkey has threatened to obstruct the process of Sweden and Finland joining the NATO military alliance if the two Nordic states fail to address Ankara’s “security concerns” related to the pair’s support for Kurdish militants outlawed in Turkey.
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Military aid to Ukraine, and new NATO members, inciting a protracted war
May 24, 2022 03:48As the war in Ukraine continues, the West is taking measures to expand NATO, spearheaded by the United States, stoking the flames of war.
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Belarusian president: Poland, NATO plotting to ‘dismember’ Ukraine
May 24, 2022 01:56Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has expressed concern about what he terms the West’s intention to “dismember” Ukraine, and accused Poland of seeking to seize the Western part of the former Soviet country.
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Are Finland & Sweden on suicidal course to join NATO?
May 22, 2022 04:35In view of these fast-paced developments, it is still not too late for Finland and Sweden to withdraw their request to join NATO, and like Hungary and several other European countries, strive to forge friendly relations with Russia, which after all, unlike the US, is a fellow European country.
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Russia taking ‘countermeasures’ against Finland, Sweden joining NATO, cuts gas flows to Helsinki
May 20, 2022 10:00Moscow is set to take “adequate countermeasures” to oppose military threats near its western borders posed by Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership, says Russia’s defense minister.
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Biden: US fully backs Sweden and Finland NATO bids
May 20, 2022 01:12US President Joe Biden says that Finland and Sweden have the "full, total, complete backing" of the US for their application to join NATO amid resistance from Turkey.