On July 10, NATO countries agreed on a joint response program in the event of Russian aggression against alliance members. In the last few decades, there was no need for such a plan because the alliance wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were more minor, and after World War II, Russia wasn't considered a threat any longer. And since the bloodiest war of modern times is taking place right in the centre of Europe and precisely thanks to Russia, NATO decided to formulate a large-scale plan to counter the aggressor country in the event of its attack on 1 of 31 (soon 32 including Sweden) countries.
Last week, Stoltenberg announced the need to increase each country's defence spending to 2% of GDP. This is due to the now-announced need to update their forces and logistics. Official representatives of NATO report that the full implementation of the new regional plan will take several years, the alliance's pro-countries are on alert and are ready to act immediately if necessary.
