Is the most frequent target for russia s claim that it s fighting nazis. and on what russia s and there might be, here sjohn simpson. i think what s really going to happen is that russia is going to see this as a real propaganda opportunity, to convince the outside world, actually, that ukraine itself as a nation, the government of ukraine and the armed forces of ukraine are essentially neo nazis. as a direct consequence of russia s invasion of ukraine, finland and sweden have formally applied to join the nato military alliance. on wednesday, ambassadors from the two countries handed in their applications to nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. the applications you have made today are an historic step. allies will now consider the next steps on your path to nato. the security interests of all allies