Finland will apply to join the NATO military alliance, the country's president said Sunday. It will be a historic move for the Nordic country, which has had a decades-long policy of military neutrality until now.
Joining the military alliance will "maximize" Finland's security after Russia's unprecedented invasion of Ukraine in February, President Sauli Niinisto said.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will speak to participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos next Monday, to discuss post-war reconstruction as his country continues to seek global support.
Earlier in the day, NATO's deputy secretary general struck a confident tone on Finland and Sweden — which is also expected to apply for membership — if they apply to join.
It comes after Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Berlin, and said that more weapons and aid are on the way to Ukraine.