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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to military pilots at the 344th State Centre for combat use and retraining of flight crews of the Russian Defence Ministry in the town of Torzhok in the Tver Region, Russia March 27, 2024. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
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Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine

Speaking to Russian air force pilots, Putin said the US-led military alliance had expanded eastwards towards Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union but that Moscow had no plans to attack a...

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with participants of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Council of CIS Heads of Government meetings, in Sochi, Russia June 9, 2023. Sputnik/Dmitry Astakhov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo Collected
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Putin warns the West a Russia-NATO conflict is just one step from WW3

A Swedish soldier stands next to a ceremonial cannon in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, March 7, 2024. REUTERS
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Sweden joins NATO as war in Ukraine prompts security rethink

Swedish and NATO flags are seen printed on paper this illustration taken April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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After long tussle, Sweden to become NATO member

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to open a conference in support of Ukraine with European leaders and government representatives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, 26 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool
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Macron's Ukraine troop talk shakes up NATO allies

​​​​​​​A display shows results during a vote by lawmakers which is expected to approve Sweden's accession into NATO, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, 26 February 2024. Hungary's parliament holds a vote on ratifying Sweden's bid to join NATO bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia's war in Ukraine. Photo: AP Photo/Denes Erdos
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Hungary ratifies Sweden’s NATO bid, clearing final obstacle to membership

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hold a joint press conference in Budapest, Hungary, 23 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Europe

Hungary set to ratify Sweden's NATO accession, clearing last hurdle

Former US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters
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Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who don't pay their bills

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium October 11, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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NATO chief calls on Europe to ramp up arms production

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US approves F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey, F-35s to Greece after Turkey OKs Sweden's entry to NATO

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gather prior to their meeting, on the eve of a NATO summit, in Vilnius, Lithuania July 10, 2023. Henrik Montgomery /TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo
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Turkey's Edrogan signs off on Sweden's NATO membership

[5/6] Archer Artillery System of the Boden Artillery Regiment A8 seen during the Aurora 23 military exercise at the Rinkaby firing range outside Kristianstad, Sweden 6 May, 2023. TT News Agency/ Johan Nilsson via REUTERS
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NATO's largest military exercise since Cold War kicks off