After reseizing Kharkiv, Ukrainian soldiers reach the border with Russia. Meanwhile, Moscow continues its assault on Donbas, and has renewed missile strikes of the port city of Odesa.
Finland and Sweden are moving closer to joining NATO as early as this summer, ahead of a summit by military alliance at the end of June. On Friday, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderrson announced that if Parliament voted to join NATO, the issue would not be put to the public.“I don’t think it i.
Sharing an 800-mile border with Russia, the Nordic country has seen public support for NATO membership skyrocket following the invasion of Ukraine. Neighboring Sweden also looks set to join the military alliance later this month. Both countries had for decades avoided NATO membership for fear of provoking Russia.
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Scores of Ukrainians were feared dead after a Russian bomb flattened a school where about 90 people were taking shelter in the basement, while Ukrainian fi