Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that cooperation within the \u2018Ukraine plus Northern Europe\u2019 format is gaining speed with more steps that can increase pressure on Russia expected in the coming week.<\/p>\n
Why it’s important<\/strong> Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that cooperation within the \u2018Ukraine plus Northern Europe\u2019 format is gaining speed with more steps that can increase pressure on Russia expected in the coming week. Why it’s important The five Nordic countries \u2014 Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland \u2014 are all now NATO countries and have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-439949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe five Nordic countries \u2014 Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland \u2014 are all now NATO countries and have all been staunch supporters of Ukraine in its fight against Russia\u2019s invasion.
\nSweden and Finland joined the alliance earlier this year, with Stockholm saying that Russia is the main international security threat to Sweden. Finland and Norway share a border with Russia.
\nMoscow said that the NATO expansion was a dangerous historic mistake that would force Moscow to take counter-measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"