Finland, Sweden set to join NATO as early as summer

Published: April 11, 2022 10:31:43 | Updated: April 12, 2022 17:48:56

A NATO flag is seen at the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium on October 21, 2021 — Reuters/Files

Russia has made a "massive strategic blunder" as Finland and Sweden look poised to join NATO as early as the summer, The Times reported on Monday, citing officials.

The United States officials said that NATO membership for both Nordic countries was "a topic of conversation and multiple sessions" during talks between the alliance's foreign ministers last week attended by Sweden and Finland, the report added, according to Reuters.