Europe’s new wall: Finland is building a 124-mile-long border fence to protect itself from Russia
The barrier, which will cover 15% of the border between the two countries, symbolizes the distrust NATO’s most recent member state feels towards Moscow
Finland joins NATO in major blow to Russia over Ukraine war
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Moscow ‘will be forced to take military-technical and other retaliatory measures to counter the threats to our national security arising from Finland’s accession to NATO’
Turkey’s president endorses Finland’s NATO bid
Both Finland and Swden applied to become NATO members 10 months ago in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, abandoning decades of nonalignment