Russia's war in Ukraine backfired by uniting NATO, even as cracks emerged over nearly a year of fightingSoldiers of the 59th Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian army on the frontline, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on January 28, 2023. NATO has been largely united in its response to Russia's war, consistently providing Kyiv with military aid. www.BusinessInsider.co.
"A very unexpected consequence of this war has been the resurrection of NATO. My president was saying two years ago that NATO is brain dead. I think he was right at the time. It's not anymore the case, especially when you see that countries like Finland and Sweden, which were not members during the Cold War, have requested to join NATO," Gérard Araud, the former French ambassador to the US and the United Nations, told Insider.
"Everything changed when Russia invaded Ukraine," Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said last April.