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Vladimir Putin won staunch support from Iran on 19 July for his country's military campaign in Ukraine with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Khamenei states that if Russia hadn't sent the military to Ukraine, it would face a strike from NATO later, an idea that echoed Putin's rhetoric and reflected increasingly close ties between Tehran and Moscow as they both face crippling Western sanctions. NATO supported their military in Eastern Europe and helped Ukraine with weapons to help counter the Russian attack. On his second trip abroad, Russia launched military action in February, and Putin consulted with two presidents. The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, on the war in Syria, and he used the trip to talk about a U.N.-backed proposal to resume expor...

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Russo-Ukrainian War Melts Winter War Ice: Finland Moves Closer To Joining NATO

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 2, 20220

Sweden and, most importantly, Finland are the only E.U. not to join North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(N.A.T.O), constituting the U.S.A and other European countries. This is subject to change as both the countries come inches close to becoming part of N.A.T.O. after the Madrid summit on 29th June 2022. Finland achieved its independence from Russia in 1917. However, being at the border of a powerful state and losing a war resulted in losing 10% of their land. Finland opted for what war experts called ‘Finladisation’, i.e. opting to be neutral when bordered by a strong neighbour. The attack on Ukraine in Finland has changed its outlook. 62% of Fins have voted for joining N.A.T.O. in 2022, which had been 7% in 2017. Finland is primarily a key to this conflict if its membership in N.