The alliance’s expansion, with Finland last year and soon Sweden, was a consequence from the invasion of Ukraine that Russia’s president may not have calculated.
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Sweden and U.S. Hold Military Drill on Gotland Island
The drill took place on Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea that was demilitarized after the fall of the Soviet Union, but now again seems a critical military site.
After 200 Years of Neutrality, Sweden Weighs Joining NATO
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine created new fears, and the Swedes, dragged along by Finland, are expected to apply, reluctantly, to join the alliance and its collective defense.
Sweden Raises Alarm over Russian Military Exercises
Stockholm reinforced its defenses on a strategic island, amid military activity in the Baltic Sea that has “not been seen since the Cold War.”