Sweden aims to boost military spending by nearly 30%, hitting NATO spending target
Citing its planned military commitment, Stockholm says it "will be a credible, reliable and loyal member of NATO."
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Citing its planned military commitment, Stockholm says it "will be a credible, reliable and loyal member of NATO."
A fresh Russian air attack on Ukraine early Thursday killed three people, including two children, as the conflict enters its most bloodiest phase. A series of aerial assaults were launched by the Russian forces on Kyiv, which included a daytime attack on Monday which forced residents to seek shelter
"Putin went to war against Ukraine with the clear aim to get less NATO," the alliance's secretary general said. "He's getting the exact opposite."
"If Ukraine had been part of NATO before the war, there would have been no war," Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in May last year.
Finland shares an 830-mile border with Russia, and has gone to war with it in the past. Finland and Sweden remained neutral throughout the Cold War.