FINLAND-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-NATO-DEFENCE

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin gives a press conference to announce that Finland will apply for NATO membership at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland on May 15, 2022. "Today, the President of the Republic and the Government's Foreign Policy Committee have jointly agreed that Finland will apply for NATO membership, after consulting parliament. This is a historic day. A new era is opening", President Sauli Niinisto said. As the next step, the Finnish parliament will convene on Monday, May 16, 2022 to debate the decision, with current projections showing a large majority of the country's 200 member parliament supporting the bid. (Photo by Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP) (Photo by ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO/AFP via Getty Images)