You all know that the Russia-Ukraine war is still going on.
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022.
The reason why Russia invaded Ukraine was that Ukraine wanted to join NATO.
ISH News has released a detailed video about this. Click here to watch it again.
Now I am going to tell you something shocking.
Now two other countries have decided to join NATO.
The decision was made by Sweden & Finland.
It was announced by Finland PM Sanna Marin & Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson.
Historically whenever there was a war Sweden and Finland were always neutral and never supported any country.
However after Russia invade Ukraine, Sweden & Finland were very scared. That’s when they decided that it was high time, they joined NATO.
So why did they join now? This is because of past trauma. Russia which was previously USSR invaded Finland in late 1939.
For more than three months the Finnish army put up fierce resistance, despite being heavily outnumbered.
After the war, they ended up losing 10% of their territory.
Finland does not want to risk anything. They are joining NATO to ensure support incase of an invansion.
They fear Russia will strike anytime and they risk losing more territory as history may repeat itself.
Finland wants to ensure its protection. Also the Russian border is just 1,340km away from Finland, this is why they joined NATO.
Sweden has also felt endangered in recent years, with several reported airspace violations by Russian military aircraft.
In 2014, Swedes were shocked that a Russian submarine was lurking in the waters of Stockholm. Despite Sweden's complaints, Russia refuses to pay heed.
Inorder to prevent such events in the future, Sweden & Finland decided to join NATO.
This is why both the countries have made the formal decision and their paperwork has been processed.
Russia feels threatened as countries like Ukraine, Portugal, Poland, Finland, Sweden, etc. join NATO, then their power increases.
This is seen as a major threat by Russia.
When Ukraine was planning to join NATO, so Russia immediately attacked.
So now that Finland & Sweden joined NATO, will Russia attack them?
If Russia attacks, will NATO attacks Russia? We will have to wait and watch.