Russia and Ukraine

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I must have not paid enough attention... What did Ukraine do to push Russia into invading it?

It existed.  That's all the excuse Putain needed.

Ukraine does not pose an existential threat to Russia, and hasn’t since it got rid of its nukes. The possibility of Ukraine joining NATO and getting nukes again is not an existential threat. If Ukraine does join NATO and gets nukes at some point, it would still not necessarily be an existential threat, as the tactical weapons they are likely to be supplied with would be neither numerous enough or powerful enough to destroy Russia.

Putin using that possibility for the invasion is laughable, as the are already State actors with the capability of destroying Russia (but at a nightmarishly high cost). If that concern was legitimate, Putin would have attacked the US, France, Great Britain, China or India.

Boru