Finland’s President Sauli Niinistˆ gives a press conference to announce that Finland will apply for NATO membership at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland on May 15, 2022. – Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 has swung political and public opinion in Finland and neighbouring Sweden in favour of NATO membership as a deterrent against Russian aggression. (Photo by Heikki Saukkomaa / Lehtikuva / AFP) / Finland OUT