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Russia to cut electricity to Finland as Helsinki moves toward NATO bid
May 14, 2022 00:58Russia is likely to suspend electricity supplies to Finland this weekend as Helsinki seems adamant about pursuing its ambitious bid of joining the US-led NATO military alliance amid the raging war in Ukraine.
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Russia-West confrontation inevitable with Finland poised to join NATO
May 13, 2022 06:37Security experts have warned that further confrontation between the West and Russia seems inevitable as Finland looks set to become the 31st member of the NATO military alliance.
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Russia vows 'retaliatory steps of military-technical nature' if Finland joins NATO
May 12, 2022 13:01Moscow has denounced Finland’s bid to join US-led NATO as a hostile move, warning that the drive would “definitely” pose a threat to Russia.
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Finland's leaders favor NATO membership 'without delay'
May 12, 2022 09:10Finland's leaders say they are in favor of applying for NATO membership "without delay," apparently prompted by Russia's military offensive against Ukraine.
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President Raeisi: Iran firmly opposes war, NATO’s expansionist policies
May 09, 2022 00:22Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has expressed the country’s categorical opposition to the expansionist policies of the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Europe.
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Russia: West’s flow of arms to Ukraine impedes ‘quick’ end to war
May 05, 2022 12:07Moscow has denounced the West for preventing a “quick” end to Russia’s military operation in neighboring Ukraine by providing Kiev with weapons.
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Turkey air force pulls out of NATO’s military exercise in Greece set for next month
May 01, 2022 01:44Turkey will not participate in NATO’s annual drills in Greece next month, security sources say, amid a simmering standoff between Ankara and Athens over sea boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Sweden, Finland to be welcomed to NATO with open arms: Stoltenberg
Apr 28, 2022 07:02Finland and Sweden will be welcomed to NATO with open arms and their accession process will expectedly take place quickly if they decide to join the Western military alliance, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says.
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US designates Ukraine weapons coordinator
Apr 24, 2022 04:15A retired US Army general has been designated to help coordinate the massive shipment of American weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, the White House has announced.
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Russian forces seize east Ukrainian city in new phase of offensive
Apr 19, 2022 14:58Russian forces have seized control of the city of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine after the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the area, as Moscow launches a new phase of its military offensive in the former Soviet republic.