(Moscow Comprehensive) Russian President Putin warns that if NATO strengthen military facilities in Finland and Sweden, Russia will definitely respond.Immediately after Finland, Sweden announced yesterday that he decided to join NATO.
Putin said at the leaders of the collective security treaty yesterday that Finland and Sweden joined NATO "no direct threat to Moscow, but if NATO strengthened its military infrastructure in these two countries, Russia would definitely respond."
Gruhko, deputy foreign minister of Russia, pointed out on Monday that Finland and Sweden joining NATO is a "wrong decision", which will definitely bring serious consequences and the global situation will be impacted.
Military tensions will intensify, and there will be more uncertainty.The Kremlin spokesman Peskov emphasized on Monday that Russia has a serious look at Finland and Sweden's decision, "We will closely pay attention to the impact of the two countries' joining NATO on our security." However, he also pointed out that compared with Ukraine, heRussia has no territorial disputes with Finland or Sweden.
The Russian Federal Council (Parliament's upper court) Chairman of the National Defense and Security Council Bondarev's Sunday warned that if Finland joined NATO, Russia will strengthen the deployment of the border.
Bondlev posted on social media that day said that Finland and Sweden were not in a hurry to join NATO, but the United States had been pressured to the two countries.He said that the United States intends to incorporate Finland into the scope of the United States, treating Finland as the NATO exercise and provocative bridgehead, the trial site of NATO weapons, and the US military base.
Russia had warned before that if Sweden and Finland joined NATO, Russia was preparing to deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles in Galinrad in Europe.
Sweden officially decided to apply to join NATO
Swedish Prime Minister Anderson announced on Monday that after seeking support for Congress, Sweden officially decided to apply to join NATO.Anderson said: "Most of the Swedish lawmakers agree to join NATO ... For Sweden and all people, joining NATO is the best way."
The Swedish ruling party Social Democratic Party announced earlier to support joining NATO, which allowed to join the NATO faction to achieve a huge advantage in Congress.Before the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine War, about 40 % of the Swedish people supported joining NATO, and now more than 60 % of the nationals have supported.
Anderson said on Sunday: "The pursuit of an alliance has always been beneficial to us, but our current conclusion is that this position is not good for us." She emphasized that Sweden needs the formal security guarantee provided by NATO.However, she said that NATO should not set up a permanent military base in Sweden, and do not deploy nuclear weapons in Sweden in NATO.
Sweden and Finland have successively announced that they want to join NATO, marking that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to another great change in the European security architecture.Finnish Foreign Minister Harvesto said on Sunday that Russia attacked Ukraine and tried to overthrow the Ukrainian government with violence, which caused significant changes in the European security environment. "This shows that we rely on the security architecture we depend in Europe, such as the European Security and Cooperation Organization,It has not played a role, nor can it stop the war. "
In addition, the United States Senate Republican leader McConnell met with Finnish President Ninito on Monday and revealed to the media in Helsinki that the U.S. Congress will seek to approve Finland to NATO before the end of the parliament of August.McConal said the United States has widely supported Finland to join NATO.
