#NATO
898 articles
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
![A course participant stands on a truck in front of a Patriot launcher during a training course for Ukrainian soldiers on the Patriot air defense system at a Bundeswehr base.]( "A course participant stands on a truck in front of a Patriot launcher during a training course for Ukrainian soldiers on the Patriot air defense system at a Bundeswehr base.")
![Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defense of Germany, speaks at the ceremony marking the assumption of responsibility for parts of NATO's defense on the eastern flank, on 30 June 2026, in Valga, Estonia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defense of Germany, speaks at the ceremony marking the assumption of responsibility for parts of NATO's defense on the eastern flank, on 30 June 2026, in Valga, Estonia. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Why Sweden Became One of Ukraine’s Biggest Military Supporters]( "Why Sweden Became One of Ukraine’s Biggest Military Supporters")
- Author
![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
- Category
- War in Ukraine
For more than two centuries, Sweden remained militarily non-aligned. Russia’s aggression changed that almost overnight. Today, Sweden is one of Kyiv’s largest military backers, has joined NATO , and is even adapting its own armed forces based on lessons learned from Ukraine’s battlefield.![German Army tank grenadiers from the Puma infantry fighting vehicle unit cross a path lined with anti-tank obstacles during the “Freedom Shield 2026” combat exercise in Lithuania. (Source: Getty Images)]( "German Army tank grenadiers from the Puma infantry fighting vehicle unit cross a path lined with anti-tank obstacles during the “Freedom Shield 2026” combat exercise in Lithuania. (Source: Getty Images)")
![NM189 Ingeniorpanservogn engineering vehicles of the Ukrainian Army during training in Poland, April 2023. (Source: Norwegian Ministry of Defense)]( "NM189 Ingeniorpanservogn engineering vehicles of the Ukrainian Army during training in Poland, April 2023. (Source: Norwegian Ministry of Defense)")
![Illustrative image. ALTO NG training aircraft.]( "Illustrative image. ALTO NG training aircraft.")
-f88628fa403b11af0b72ec7b062ce954.jpeg "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
