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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

Sauli Niinisto

Victoria, 7, uses a plastic Kalashnikov rifle to shoot balls at a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a street attraction in the center of Lviv, Ukraine, on May 14, 2022. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)
May 15, 2022, 9:37 pm
NATO sees Ukraine victory possible as defenders continue to foil Russia
West says Russians losing momentum as Britain assesses Moscow has lost a third of its forces; Sweden moves to follow Finland in bid to join Western military alliance
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN
Finland's Minister of Defense Antti Kaikkonen (left) and Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto give a press conference to announce that Finland will apply for NATO membership, at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, May 15, 2022. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP)
May 15, 2022, 2:54 pm
Russia’s neighbor Finland declares NATO bid, hails ‘new era’
Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats to meet Sunday to decide whether to follow suit; Finland’s parliament will hold a session on Monday to debate membership proposal
By Elias Huuhtanen
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and Finland's President Sauli Niinisto arrive to meet the media, at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
May 14, 2022, 7:10 pm
Putin warns Finland to not make ‘error’ of joining NATO
In call with Finnish counterpart, Russian president says Nordic nation’s abandonment of ‘military neutrality’ could harm ties
By JARI TANNER
Soldiers of the Waffen-SS Wiking Division advancing into the Soviet Union in 1941 during Nazi Germany's Operation Barbarossa. (Wikipedia/Bundesarchiv/Hummel/CC BY-SA)
February 10, 2019, 12:38 pm
Finnish volunteers in SS units took part in WWII Nazi atrocities, Finland says
After an Israeli historian’s appeal to Finland’s president to examine murder of Jews, country’s state archives look into the role of Finns in the Waffen-SS drive eastward in 1941-3
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump attends a working breakfast in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018 (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
July 16, 2018, 12:02 pm
Trump and Putin test ties in Baltic showdown
US president remains hopeful that meeting will be positive, despite tensions over Crimea, Russian hacking during presidential elections, and Syria
By Dave Clark and Jerome Cartillier
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