"Finland and Sweden needed no convincing as far as joining the NATO goes."
- It was Putin's unjust and unprovoked war against Ukraine that convinced Sweden and Finland to apply to Nato. Major strategic failure by Putin, -2 there on that propaganda objective to halt “Nato expansion”.
"Sweden and Finland were already de-facto NATO states. Armed to NATO standards. Hosting NATO military exercises.
Becoming a part of NATO officially is just a formality, and has no strategic significance."
- You have two countries more aligned, integrated and armed by Nato than Ukraine, and yet no invasion of either by Putin. Kind of blows the pro Kremlin fictional propaganda about the “Nato threat” out the window no? As you say yourself to be really at odds with that fictional “Nato threat” propaganda, “Becoming a part of Nato officially is just a formality, and no strategic significance”. Kind of tells us that Putin is lying about the "Nato threat" and "Nato expansion".
