Russia invaded Ukraine,end off! Where all the Russian cheerleaders come out off?. All these smaller countries want to join NATO excately because of aggression from their bully boy neighbour. Ask any Polish person living in Ireland what they think of Russia.To them they been under threat from Russia for yrs. Naturally NATO could do without any of these smaller countries, they provide little benefit, but they want the support of bigger countries like France and Germany, due to the previous history of the way communist Russia behaves.