US President Joe Biden credited Russian President Vladimir Putin for “the Nato-isation of Finland” as he and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated their support on Wednesday for Ukraine at a meeting of Nato’s easternmost members.
The two leaders made their remarks in Warsaw at a gathering of the Bucharest Nine, or “B9” – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations nearest to Russia – as they faced the prospect of a protracted war against Ukraine, with Stoltenberg emphasising the need to “break the cycle of Russian aggression”.
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