-- "Finland and Sweden formally submitted their bids for NATO membership on Wednesday morning, casting aside decades of strategic neutrality to embrace the military alliance in a stunningly swift transformation prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine." --
"Approval would mark the largest expansion of the military alliance in two decades. Public opinion tilted heavily in favor of joining the alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine." --STOLTENBERG TWISTS THE KNIFE
"'I warmly welcome the requests by Finland and Sweden to join NATO. You are our closest partners,' NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after a receiving their application letters from the two Nordic countries ambassadors." --VLAD'S PANTIES IN A TWIST
-- "Russia has reportedly moved missiles capable of firing nuclear warheads to locations near its border with Finland amid heightened tensions with its Nordic neighbour." --
