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Nicholas Cecil

RARE PHOTOS: Sweden defies threats from russia as it moves closer to nato | Rare Historical Photos

Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson gives a press conference on Sunday

(Picture: AP)

Vladimir Putin has “shot himself in the foot” by triggering moves by Finland and Swede because of his invasion of Ukraine, a top military expert said on Monday.

Rear Admiral Chris Parry, a former commander of the UK’s Amphibious Task Group, stressed that the Russian president’s military campaign had backfired to create a “modern nightmare” for him with the expansion of the western military alliance.

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