‘Good not to stand alone’: Swedish, Finnish troops get first taste of NATO drills • FRANCE 24
NATO’s “Nordic Response” military drills are currently taking place in the icy north of Norway, Sweden and Finland and, for the first time, troops from Finland are taking part as full members of the military alliance. Alongside them are soldiers from Sweden, itself on the verge of joining NATO. Both countries have recently ended decades-long policies of non-alignment following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
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32 comments
NATO can now stand against Putin without the U.S. under Trump
🇸🇪🇫🇮💪🏻🇪🇺
Its so funny how they form a huge alliance just because they fear one country Russia.
Come save Haiti, Armenia, Palestine, Taiwan, and Ukraine
thank you RUSSIA, you are the BEST NATO RECRUITER
Brigadier General Manu Tuominen – "We were partner for many couple of Decades now…. full member." That simple truth explains Russian Perspective. Global South must help Russia to keep the Godzilla in West sea not in east.
😂🤣😅😆😁 don't come to Asia or Africa as refugees in case of Russian nuke attacks.
Russia would be crying 😭now
Sweden has one of the biggest military advantages of all countries on the planet – Finland as a neighbour <3 Looking forward to joining the Nato and contributing to the alliance.
PS. Hungary and Turkey, we love you too. DS.
nowww u got into usa , not then.
The Russians can never be trusted,and without NATO Europe will be Russionized in a mafia way.
I'm happy to see Finland and Sweden join NATO, but the dramatic increase in militarization in Europe is alarming.
Spent 6 months in Finland. These are smart, tough people. Russia has no chance of taking NATO territory because with Sweden, NATO now has 68 % of Global Military Firepower. Putin will lose control over the SKIES over Crimea and Ukraine this Summer which means the end of his bloodstained plans for EUropean domination.
Nordic Response used to go under the name Cold Response, but now that the Nordic countries are united within NATO, the Norwegian hosts decided to change the name. Sweden has been participating in this exercises (and other exercises in the air, at sea and on the ground) for decades.
Congratulations to Sweden and Finland
'Divide and rule' Julius Caesar
These are soldiers and heroes. Welcome Sweden and Finland to the greatest alliance on earth.
Russia is run by insane leaders. Very unfortunate for the whole world.
Inception
My question is to these two new NATO countries are you going to stand back and just let the US fund everything like NATO has always done you joined because you're cheap just like all the other countries the United States is nothing NATO is nothing without the United States so all you countries that jump on board need to pitch him too Don't be cheapskates like you've always been
United, we stand; divided, we fall! 😀
If they really care about Ukraine… Ukraine will be part of NATO by now… Look at it. Pity
MAGA Republicans are ready to defend Russia from NATO aggression. All Russian lives matter. President Trump will order US troops to prepare for invasion of Europe to help Russian defend their homeland.
Welcome Sweden & Finland in NATO ! We are so happy you’re with us !
Sweden is welcomed by NATO as the 32nd member during the exercise.
#nordicresponse #steadfastdefender #nato #finland #norway #sweden
Finland licking the boots of their colonial overlords
Let’s be honest here. Sweden was never going to left alone.
Why can't we get some grippen Es and Ds to go along with the F-35s that the US will deliver in a decade or so??? We'd get the Swedish kit WAY faster. And it'd still be current. Different planes, different roles…
Never thought it'd happen. Before the invasion of Ukraine it seemed unlikely Finland and Sweden would ever join NATO, there was always casual discussion about it but it was never anything more serious than that. Everything changed overnight in 2022 when Russia went into Ukraine
Please get this right, you were never alone, nor is Ukraine, EVER!
It's better than being 🇨🇭. Whose only plan is to burrow further into the mountain.
First? Both Finland and Sweden has trained with NATO for many years. And served with them in Peace Keeping missions.