Nato has played down turkey's objections to joining the alliance. Turkey had at one point been trying to help or negotiations in ukraine. In many s, it is a defeat for potin. And what does it mean for nado? It is a huge symbolic and political wind for nada.
Their admission to NATO would further isolate Russia, leaving it the only Arctic country outside the alliance.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram
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