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With nato expansion. sweden and finland, finlands president, sauli niinisto, said on friday hes going to ring president putin and tell him that the situation has changed. how big a change is this, do you think? you know, i think if youd looked ten years ago and said this, it was impossible. this was a religion in these two countries. neutrality. the concept of...of being western, but not not glued at the hip or fused at the hip. and i think that this is really affirmation that, while ukraine is ...

Prime minister alexander stubb. it isa it is a pleasure to speak to you again. thank you for speaking this is that bbc news. can you explain how we got such a fast turnaround from a position of neutrality from finland, to feeling that an almost sense of unity in finland that people want to go down this route? perhaps i will begin with a little correction which seems to be in the international media, finland ditched... we were neutral because of necessity not because of rl during the cold war. th...

And so much more in the xfinity app! and dont miss jurassic world:dominion in theaters june 10th. welcome back to "state of the union." this morning finland formally moved to join nato and set aside decades of neutrality. the decision the countrys president told vladimir putin on a call this weekend was a direct result of russias invasion of ukraine. na nato expansion along russias western border is the exact opposite of what president putin said he was trying to accomplish with the war and he...

Since the north atlantic treaty organisation came into being in 1948, 49, organisation came into being in 1948, a9, whenever it organisation came into being in i9a8, a9, whenever it was, and there are long periods where there is very little going on, then you see an acceleration, the last few years was relatively quiet, then growing, then suddenly this optic again. it is getting to the point where they are almost no non—nato members on the continent of europe, i think the republic of ireland c...

Get your first 3 months free today. offer ends may 16th. the fallout is expanding this morning, not long ago finlands prime minister confirmed her country, which shares an 800 mile border with russia will be applying for nato membership. >> we have reached a day, an important position -- the president of the republic. we hope that the parliament will confirm the decision to apply for nato membership during the coming days. >> moscow says that during the phone call on saturday putin warned finl...

How do you anticipate vladimir putin is going to respond? >> sure, boris. well, it is hard to overstate the significance of finland and sweden moving towards the nato camp. lets remember, finland established its position of neutrality in 1948 in a deal with stalin under the principle that its independence would provide it safety from the soviet union and does not provide safety from russia or vladimir putin. and so the people of finland are making this decision, and theyve thought it through, bo...

Cant exist. and therefore you cant -- you in this case blacks cannot exist. and we have to call it that. >> all right. juliette, thank you. see you again later in the show. youre in the cnn "newsroom" tonight vladimir putin war in ukraine is spurring more nations to choose nato over neutrality. finland is making moves to join the u.s. led military alliance and russia is vowing retaliation. the finnish ambassador to the u.s. joins me live, next. thaty that helps everyone come to the table and d...

Also, finland announced this morning but it will apply to join nato despite warnings from russia that it would retaliate for any such move. im directions from -- and turkey joining the alliance. joining me now, former supreme allied commander of nato and msnbcs chief national correspondent to diplomacy analyst. thank you very much as always for coming to the sunday show. can you talk about the significance of finland, and potentially sweden, dropping decades of neutrality to join nato? >> it is ...

Thank you so much. were following breaking news right now out of orange county, california. a shooting at a church has left one dead and four critically wounded. also ahead tonight, why the buffalo shooting suspect wasnt a lone wolf. even though he acted alone. pennsylvania senate candidate says hes recovering from a stroke. well update you on his condition. vladimir putin war drives more nations to choose nato over neutrality. ill ask the finnish ambassador to the u.s. if hes worried abou...

As the consequences of the russian invasion of ukraine ripple across europe, finland says it is ready to join nato. the country has officially announced it will apply for membership, and sweden says it is likely to do the same. the finland president telling us why its moving away from the traditional stance away from neutrality. >> russia tried to deny any enlargement of nato, and that changed in a way. very much our position here. and ultimately what we see now, europe developed is more divided...