President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia, with the war in Ukraine, pushed Sweden and Finland into NATO.

" And from your influence. I think that the case and the decision regarding Sweden and Finland because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine… But I want to say again that sometimes Russia, wanting to protect something, does much worse. They (the Russians) protect themselves, as they say, from the influence of NATO, but with such a step to protect themselves, they pushed both Finland and Sweden into NATO,"

He is confident that Sweden and Finland will become members of NATO.

" I am sure that they will be in NATO. And, if earlier people in these countries had divided opinions about the membership of their countries in NATO, now I am sure that most people today want to be there, because people want to be protected.. But Russia made a point that today civilized countries want to be protected from Russia. Previously, they thought that it was from some kind of threat, aggression, war, but today everyone says: I just want to live peacefully in my house, work, spend time with my family, raise children, but I want to be protected from Russia,"

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Earlier it was reported that Finland and Sweden plan to apply for NATO membership in May. Thus, both countries decided to speed up the accession procedure, without waiting for the Alliance summit, which will be held at the end of June..

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Moscow reacts nervously to such a prospect of expanding the Alliance. But will Russia open a \? About this - in the article by Alina Gritsenko \?