Three additional European states have pledged to defend the aspiring NATO members during the application process Denmark, Iceland, and Norway have joined a growing number of countries offering defense pledges to Sweden and Finland, which have both formally embarked on membership bids in the NATO military alliance.
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A proposal to rename and demilitarize Russia’s Kaliningrad region was ridiculed by its governor The governor of Kaliningrad has ridiculed a proposal from a former Polish defence minister to rename and demilitarise the Russian exclave.
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Russia “has no problem” with Sweden or Finland but considers deployment of the bloc’s military infrastructure a threat The possible accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO does not represent an immediate threat to Russia but the expansion of the alliance’s military infrastructure will “certainly” prompt a response from Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said…
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