32 NATO Members

 

Yesterday (March 5, 2024) Sweden has now officially received permission from all 31 NATO Member Countries (after Hungary’s President signed the bill today.)

Turkey and Hungary were the only obstacles to Sweden joining NATO because they tend to be pro-Russia rather than pro-NATO.

Putin said he was fighting in Ukraine to “stop NATO’s expansion” there and yet because of his War Crimes in Ukraine Finland ended its 66 year Neutrality and NATO added 830 miles along Russia’s Border in April 2023.

Before Finland joined there were 5 NATO Member Countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Norway) that shred a border with Russia that was 741 Miles long.

Since April 2023 NATO has 6 Member Countries that share a border with Russia that is 1,581 Miles long.

Sweden, which doesn’t share a Border with Russia, but is close to it with Neighbors Norway and Finland, ended it’s 210 year Neutrality Stance (since 1812) because of Putin’s War in Ukraine.

This map does a good job of showing that Russia is surrounded by NATO on its western land borders (except with Belarus and Ukraine) and its western water borders.

A Russian warship can’t go from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Kaliningrad, Russia without going through NATO Territory (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland) or to the rest of the world without passing other NATO Territory (Germany, Sweden and Denmark.)

Russia has a similar issue with the Black Sea in the south since Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey are NATO Territory.

The point is that Putin and Russia miscalculated the US and NATO and are now going to have to pay the price.

Members of NATO: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.