Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded to the coming NATO expansion, saying he has no problems with Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance, but if infrastructure is deployed to those countries, Russia will respond well.

Putin’s comments came after the Western military organization officially invited Sweden and Finland to join a historic step on Wednesday. It was possible after the agreement was falsified with Turkey to accept membership offers after the initial objection from Ankara.

This alliance also reiterated his criticism of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, outlines plans to increase its defense in Europe and say China raises “challenges” for its interests.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced earlier this week that the Western military organization would increase the number of troops in the fast response troops consisting of land, air, sea and special forces that were able to be mobilized quickly to 300,000 from around 40,000 personnel.

Meanwhile, the battle for Donbas went berserk in Ukraine, with the city of Lysychansk, a twin city to the city of Severodonetsk captured, under the shooting continues when Russian troops try to grind Kyiv’s troops.

Ukraine officials said that Russian troops had evacuated Snake Island, a remote island in southern Ukraine occupied by Russian troops on the first day of the invasion.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also confirmed that the withdrawal had occurred from the island, which was locally known as Zmiinyi Island, describing it as an act of “goodwill.”

Andriy Yermak, Chief of Staff of President Zelenskyy, tweet this morning that there were no Russian troops on Snake Island again while the official message from the southern operational command of Ukraine said Russian troops had “rushed -ginga evacuating” the island which was a strategic post in Russia -Gesa “.

At night, as a result of the next stage that was successful from military operations with an attack by our missiles and artillery units on Snake Island, enemies with a hurry to evacuate the remnants of garrison with two fast boats and, perhaps, leaving the island, “operational ordered said on Facebook.

He added that at this time, Snake Island “covered with fire, explosion was heard” with the final result of the operation that was still being investigated.

In a briefing by the Russian Ministry of Defense on Thursday, it confirmed the withdrawal, which stated:

On June 30, as a step of good intentions, the Russian federation armed forces completed the fulfillment of their duties on Zmeiny Island and attracted Garrison which was placed there.”

It is said that the step “shows the world community that the Russian federation does not prevent the efforts of the United Nations to regulate humanitarian corridors for exports of agricultural products from the Ukraine region.”

Russia said the decision “would not allow Kyiv to speculate about the future food crisis, referring to the impossibility of exporting seeds because of the full control of Russia against the northwest of the black sea.”