There will be a reaction to specific steps," the diplomat pointed out. Zakharova also noted that Sweden had held no referendum on joining NATO. "All decisions were made without any public ...

Dmitry Medvedev warned that Finland and Sweden are potential "targets" of the Russian military and could face "retaliatory" ...

Russia poses the greatest threat to Sweden due to its aggressive attitude towards the West, the Scandinavian nation's security service Sapo has said. It wrote in its annual report that while ...

Sweden's joining NATO would strengthen the alliance's position around the Baltic Sea, which is also Russia’s point of access to St. Petersburg and the Kaliningrad enclave. Sweden has a modern ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Sweden’s membership ... to bring Ukraine closer to NATO without actually joining, and security guarantees Kyiv might need to ensure that Russia doesn’t invade again ...

Public support for NATO membership in the two Scandinavian countries has been growing since the start of the Russia-Ukraine ... both Finland and Sweden favor their countries joining the military ...

Two Swedish fighter jets under NATO command were scrambled Thursday over the Baltic Sea to escort away a Russian reconnaissance plane that was approaching Polish airspace, Sweden's armed forces ...

and lifted an arms embargo on Turkey since it applied to join NATO just over a year ago. Fearing they might be targeted by Moscow after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Sweden and Finland abandoned ...

“The accession of Finland and Sweden will make them safer, NATO stronger ... Ukraine as a candidate to join the bloc on Thursday, over four months after Russia’s invasion.

He believes that the lack of statements from Turkey about an agreement on Sweden's joining NATO ... United States and NATO, or definitely taking the side of, so to speak, Russia and China in ...

Finland and Sweden ... between NATO's foreign ministers last week. Finland is expected to apply to join the alliance in June, followed by neighbouring Sweden, despite warnings from Russia that ...