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The Minister for European Affairs said Friday that it was highly likely that Finland would join NATO.

Tytti Tuppurainen speaks on the Turkish military operation in Northern Syria in European Parliament.

The European Parliament has a speaker who speaks on the Turkish military operation in Northern Syria.

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In an interview with Sky News, the Minister for European Affairs said there is a huge majority in the country that supports NATO membership.

It would be in the best interest of the country to join NATO as quickly as possible, said Tuppurainen.

If the Baltics join NATO, Russia will send nuclear weapons to them, according to the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council.

Whatever Russia is saying, we are hearing that, and every country has the right to do its own security arrangements.

The Prime Minister of Sweden and the Prime Minister of the Finns held a press conference Wednesday to announce that they are looking into joining NATO due to Russia's actions in Ukraine. While Sweden doesn't border Russia, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea could be a target if conflict broke out in the region.

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The war in Ukraine is a wake up call to all of us.

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It was 62%. According to a poll conducted by Yleisradio, the number of people in Finns who support joining NATO has increased from last year.

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The Kremlin has argued that NATO is a tool for confrontation and that joining the alliance would cause political and military consequences.

At the start of World War II, Finland declared itself neutral, but the Soviet Union invaded in 1939. In 1940, the war ended with the ceding of 10% of the territory to the Soviet Union.

The expansion of NATO may be jeopardized by Russian attempts at Grey Zone ops.

Here's why Finland and Sweden might join NATO.

If Sweden and Finn join NATO, Russia will deploy nukes in the Baltics.

Europe minister says that it is highly likely that Finland will join NATO despite Russian nuclear threats.