FILE -Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, left, hands a card to Sweden's Defense Minister Pal Jonson prior to a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Most of the 32 NATO member countries see Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an existential threat. Finland and Sweden joined the alliance's ranks to seek protection out of concern that they might be targeted next. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)