Russia warned Finland that it would “be forced” to retaliate
if the long-neutral country joined the Western military alliance, NATO,
imminently, amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
The Russian Foreign Ministry disclosed this in a statement
Thursday.
The statement read, “Finland joining NATO is a radical
change in the country’s foreign policy.
“Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps, both of a
military-technical and other nature, in order to stop threats to its national
security arising.”
The statement comes immediately after Finland’s President
Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the country should apply to
join NATO “without delay.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has shifted
countries like Finland and Sweden’s calculus on NATO membership, with Finland
also seriously considering lodging an application to join the alliance.
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