Sweden and Finland have been militarily neutral for decades. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is upsetting that long-held policy. The majority of citizens in both Nordic countries now say the two nations should join NATO, despite an overt threat from Russia against doing so. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.
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