In a ceremony involving U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Finland ended its post-war neutrality by joining the military alliance less than 11 months after its initial application.
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Putin has achieved the opposite effect. More and more countries want to join NATO and I am very happy for Finland. Also after the victory, I would like to see Ukraine in NATO, they really have a very strong army
We can only say one thing – congratulations to Finland on this important step!
Way to screw yourself, Russia. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
Great news
Now Sweden and Ukraine should be next.
@I am so fortunate that I made productive decisions about my finances that changed my life forever. I am a single mum living in Melbourne Australia who bought my second home in September and is hoping to retire next year at 50 if things continue to go smoothly for me<<
Kiev will soon be known as Putingrad! Bakhmut known as Wagnergrad! Enjoy nazi khokhols. LMAO
What will Putin say to these news ?
More proof that Russia attacked Ukraine not because the Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, but because Russia has long wanted to take over Ukrainian territory and destroy the Ukrainians.
now Russia has neighbors who are NATO members and something they are in no hurry to attack Finland with a war. The implication is that the Russians attacked Ukraine for no reason at all.
dictatorship vs democracy
Everybody cheering about this but I'm sure the US's military industrial complex is loving this even more. You see, when you join NATO, you don't have to worry about contributing your fair share into the pot. The US will take care of it because it adds more money into the war machine. Just what we need right now, another country we have to spend our tax dollars to defend. Greeeeat
Yay Finland!
Welcome to the club. 💪
Finland is nice country but I must SAY very stupid people 😂😂 they join the TERRORIST group that my friend's is stupid 😂😂😂 and especially making enemy with the neybor next to you 😂
Thank you, 🇫🇮. After the war,🇺🇦 gets to join NATO. #GloryToUkraine🇺🇦🇺🇸 #StopPutinTheWarCriminal !
👍 Congrats to 🏁 📣 Fin 🇫🇮land🏆 🗣for ↪️SURE👏👏❗️
WHY WORRY ABOUT CHINA ?? or RUSSIA ??
WHEN TRUMP IS OUR YELTSIN.. THERE WILL BE SO MUCH BLOOD SPILT ON CAPITAL HILL 2.0 WHEN TRUMP GETS ARRESTED…. PROUD TRUMP SUPPORTER x100000 with AR15s and 50,000 rounds!! ready to go go!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's cool! So…Ukraine is next?
The western provocations against Russia must end, now NATO territory is on Russia’s borders. Soros/US/NATO have supplied Ukraine to fight border skirmishes since the 2014 maidan revolution. We must stop western leaders from starting WW3.
Russia has finland, german, japanese, mongol, caucuses, and chinese land they have not given back.
When you have a chance to chose russia or the EU to live in what country is that??? Oh.. even the russians choose to move into EU countries and then support russia instead. A fool’s heart will overcome a man’s brain.
Pootin' is a winner Moscowvite – right "federation" people sending your men to his war and sending your natural resources to his bank account? When will you have one tenth the courage of a Ukrainian?
The amount of butthurt Russian bots make this news even better.
Geez – certainly took long enough. Like watching cement dry.
My mom told me "never walk alone in darkness" ✌🏻😅🎉
Meanwhile Russia has no friends because Vladmir autism.
maybe you'll get to be another cannon fodder nation like ukraine
good luck
THE TORAH/BIBLE
TALKS ABOUT ABOUT THIS TAKING PLACE, ALSO THE ORACLE OF ISAIAH (17) 1
DAMASCUS IS NO MORE.
EZEKIEL (38), RUSSIA AND OTHER NATIONS.
EZEKIEL (39) CHINA 200 MILLION MAN WITH ALL THE KING'S THE EAST.
VENI VIDI VICI VERITAS 💙
Imagine if Mexico joined brics and china/russia started putting military assets on U.S. borders. It would be war. But it's fine for U.S. influence and military assets to be on Russia's doorstep. This do as we say not as we do foreign policy is going to eventually turn the whole world against the U.S. and Nato
Excellent! Let’s hope Ukraine can join too.
Finland formally because a nuclear target. So much for "happiest place on earth".
Rip Finland commies your now aligned with the enemy's of the free world. Your people will know loss
What a great addition. One of the best arctic military’s ever, maybe the best.
DISBAND NATO NOW
NO THEY DIDNT ……FINLAND VOTED OUT THE LIBS
There is no NATO! They were as dirty and evil as the other 3 or 4 letter agencies! Tell THE PEOPLE
THE FREAKING TRUTH! MSM ARE SUCH LIARS ABOUT EVERYTHING!
if nato forces move along finnish-russian border, tie up matching russian forces, it would deploy in ukraine.
Good bye, Finland. Enjoy your suffering. 😏
All good as long as they pay up from the beginning of NATO to now what they would owe. Otherwise, the rest of NATO are getting screwed by them. Can’t be late to the party and not pay up what is owed and expect to be protected like everyone else.
About time ^^ <3
Another country the U.S. has to protect.
On one hand I’m happy and it’s been a long time coming. On the other hand the slow escalation is scary
they are Finished now
Deploy massive NATO military forces to Ukraine and Taiwan NOW!