Finland and Sweden formally apply to join the NATO military alliance; U.S. seeks to persuade Turkey on expansion - CNBC

The status of the besieged Azovstal steelworks complex in Mariupol, a heavily-destroyed port city in southern Ukraine, remains unknown.

Finland and Sweden formally applied to join NATO on Wednesday marking another step toward the Western military alliance's expansion, although the full accession process could take a year and Turkey's… [+940 chars]

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