Not just Sweden, but now Finland…

Finland will make a decision about whether to apply to join the 30-member NATO alliance in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday.

Until now, Finland and fellow Nordic state and neighbour Sweden have shied away from joining NATO, the U.S.-led alliance founded in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced an urgent rethink.

“There are different perspectives to apply (for) NATO membership or not to apply and we have to analyze these very carefully,” Marin told reporters in a joint news conference in Stockholm with her Swedish counterpart.

“But I think our process will be quite fast, it will happen in weeks,” said Marin, whose country shares a long border with Russia to the east.

usnews.com

It’s starting to look more and more like Putin’s failure is complete.