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Finland has confirmed it will apply to join NATO despite Russia's president warning it would be a mistake to do so.

With Ukraine consumed by war, NATO's special operations forces know their skills could be called on if the conflict spreads, and of late, they've been very publicly showing off what they can do. CBC News spent several days this week in eastern Europe, covering their exercises.

A British man who joined a controversial Ukrainian military unit says he is willing to spend the next year defending against Russia's invasion - and he has not been deterred by the capture of other Britons.

Kind of military aid do you think ukraine needs right now? >> ed hit on it quite well. they need as much small arms replenishment as possible. they need stingers, they need javelins, we're talking anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons and anti-personnel weapons. right now what we're looking at is the possibility not only of protected urban combat, but also potentially a protracted guerrilla war. if that happens, it is those types of weapons used are the ones that the ukrainians would need. >> these are things that -- you have written and talked about, these are guns. these are things that someon...

Washington to respond to the war in ukraine in the aftermath of roughly $14 billion that has already been approved to help with aid to ukraine. in addition to that, additional action, rebuking russia for its aggression in ukraine, much more is almost certain to come, but this is a start of what's expected to be an escalating series of steps to push back against russia. guys? >> seeing that rare bipartisan support, all right. manu, thank you very much. let's dig deeper now with ed arnold, research fellow at the royal united services institute and retired u.s. air force colonel cedric leighton...