Finland’s accession to Nato later on Tuesday will be a historic event and direct result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said, adding the alliance would ensure that Sweden will also become a full-fledged member.

“President Putin had as a declared goal of the invasion of Ukraine to get less Nato,” he told reporters ahead of a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers.

“He is getting exactly the opposite … Finland today, and soon also Sweden will become a full fledged member of the alliance,” he said.