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Turkey will back Sweden's NATO membership bid (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Erdogan has pledged to allow Sweden to join, according to Stoltenberg. This is big, it means that now Austria and Ireland are the only EU member states not part of NATO.

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[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In addition, it means the entire Baltic Sea is now protected by NATO. This will be interesting, as it also makes it easier for Europe to fend against Russia.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean? St.Petersburg and Kaliningrad still exist.

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Of course they do, but those are relatively small compared to the rest. Russia would be practically unable now to do anything in the Baltic waters now.