Swedish foreign minister Ann Linde says Finland will almost certainly apply for membership in NATO, raising the expectation that both countries will join the military alliance despite Moscow’s warnings. “We know more or less that they (Finland) will apply for NATO membership. And that changes the whole balance,” the top ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday that Ukraine’s “hysterical” desire to take militants out of Mariupol’s Azovstal plant is related to the fact that these militants can confirm the presence of active officers, as well as mercenaries, from Western armies. “The situation with the confrontation at the Azovstal ...