It was dubbed the Winter War for good reason. In November 1939, months into World War II and almost completely overshadowed by events elsewhere in Europe, the Soviet Union invaded its neighbour ...

Membership rules state that if one is attacked, all others help defend it. Nato does not have its own army, but military action by member countries is taken as a collective response. The UK ...

After the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, the alliance took on a wider role. NATO forces — made up of troops volunteered by member states — operated as peacekeepers in Bosnia in the 1990s ...

It showed and proved all aspects of interoperability.” Joint Viking 25 was designed to test the ability of NATO forces to integrate seamlessly with partner nations in one of the world’s most ...

When it was an EOP nation, Finland, for example, participated in the enhanced NATO Response Force in supplementary roles. The Finns also signed a Host Nation Support Memorandum with NATO well ...

At a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the ... suggested by the United States and Ukraine would give Kyiv's forces an opportunity to regroup and questioned the mechanisms for ...

No to Ukraine's possible entry into NATO. No to a NATO force to monitor the ceasefire and then a peace agreement – that's up to the Europeans. Prior acceptance to the amputation of 20% of ...

can't become a NATO member and there will be no US peacekeepers. In return "it's been all sticks" for Ukraine, he says, including cutting off military assistance and intelligence. "Now the ball's ...

Russian forces could ready within this timeframe to attack a NATO country, they warn. But decades of neglect mean a recent report found the country's military is still ageing and shrinking.