As nonmembers, Finland and Sweden don't have the protection of NATO's guarantee that an attack on one ally is an attack on all, but moves to join the alliance are growing more likely.
BARDUFOSS, Norway (Reuters) - The sound of gunfire echoed around the Norwegian fjords as a row of Swedish and Finnish soldiers, positioned prone behind banks of snow, trained rifles and missile launchers on nearby hills ready for an enemy attack.
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace quickly slapped down the claims of a withdrawal, declaring: Russia must think we were born yesterday. Putin wants to crush Ukraine, it s what he s said.