Explainer-Finland, Sweden weigh up pros and cons of NATO membership


  • World
  • Wednesday, 13 Apr 2022

Interior Minister Krista Mikkonen of Finland presents the report on changes in the foreign and security policy environment of Finland following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Helsinki, Finland, April 13, 2022. MARKKU ULANDER/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed Finland and Sweden to the verge of applying for NATO membership.

Finland, which shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden will announce their decisions in the coming days amid warnings from Moscow it could deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles in the European exclave of Kaliningrad if they do.

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