Britain said Russia withdrew from Kharkiv, Finland announced it would join NATO

“The withdrawal of Russian troops from Kharkiv is a tacit admission of their inability to capture important cities of the Russian Federation. Ukraine. The Ukrainian armed forces continued their counter-offensive north of Kharkiv and regained a number of towns and villages. The Russian military’s focus on the Donbass area makes the forces stationed around Kharkiv vulnerable,” Al Jazeera news agency quoted a source published by British intelligence today (May 12).

According to British intelligence sources, Russian forces withdrawing from Kharkiv after re-equipping will “deploy to the east bank of the River Siverskyi Donets, forming a ‘stopper’ to protect the western flank of the main force. along with many supply routes for operations in the vicinity of the city of Izium”.

Currently, Al Jazeera and many other media outlets have not been able to verify the above information of British intelligence

Finland will apply to join NATO

“Finland must apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) immediately. We hope that the steps needed to make this decision will be taken expeditiously within the next few days. NATO membership will strengthen Finland’s security, and Finland’s membership will strengthen this entire defense alliance,” said a joint statement issued by Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister. General Sanna Marin launched today.

The Finnish Parliament is expected to approve the application to join NATO on May 16 at the earliest.

Immediately after the joint statement of the Finnish leadership was published, Denmark, one of the Nordic countries and a member of NATO, voiced its support. “We will urge NATO to quickly admit Finland. Denmark will do everything to make the admission process fast, after Finland officially submits the application,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen wrote on Twitter.

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said that the above message from the Finnish president and prime minister was “very important”. “Finland is Sweden’s closest ally and defense partner, and we need to take their assessments into account. Sweden will make a decision, once the report from the security policy consultations is presented,” The Guardian quoted Linde’s Twitter post.

According to CNBC, Finland recently reviewed its security policy after Russia opened its doors military campaign in Ukraine This prompted Russian officials to warn about the consequences if the country joined NATO.

“Everything revolves around deterring each other. If one side – and we consider NATO as one – is stronger than the other, especially in terms of nuclear weapons, it will be seen as a threat to the entire security architecture, and we will additional measures must be taken,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Sky News earlier this month.

Tuan Tran