Finland formally declared its intent to join NATO Sunday as the historically neutral nation seeks to bolster its security amid Russia’s ongoing incursion into Ukraine.The nation of roughly 5 million people shares a long border with Russia and the move is likely to escalate already searing regional tensions.President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said they would pursue membership in NATO and that the Finnish parliament would vote on the matter in the coming days.
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