#Russia threatens #Sweden and #Finland! Two #NATO members in the summer, Moscow vows revenge.
Reports that Finland and Sweden are expected to join NATO this summer seem to have set in motion Russia, which has warned it will defend its national interests.
Russia has warned Finland and Sweden against joining NATO, arguing that the move would destroy stability in Europe.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that "the alliance remains a means of confrontation and not of securing peace and stability.
Peskov also warned that Russia would take action if Sweden and Finland joined NATO.
And in February Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry, warned of "military and political consequences" if countries joined the bloc.
NATO officials have said discussions over Sweden and Finland's membership in the alliance have become much more serious since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
