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Russia's bloody offensive into Ukraine may have been averted if the latter were a NATO member, Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Tuesday, January 18, during a conversation at the World Economic Forum (WEF) currently being held in Davos, Switzerland. Marin explained that Finland's recent bid to join NATO is rooted in her belief that Russian President Vladimir Putin wouldn't attack a NATO member. “We can look down the history and ask ourselves the question, 'Should Ukraine already be a member of NATO?'" “Then there wouldn’t be a war in Ukraine, and this is why also Finland, Sweden is ratifying a NATO membership," she added. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year prompted Finland along with Sweden to apply for immediate NATO membership.
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