Russia and Ukraine

[Thumpalumpacus]

And yet when Putin launched his invasion, he said he did it to 'denazify' Ukraine.

Not to mention that if NATO on Russia’s borders is “existential threat,” then Russia will attack next Finland & Sweden who recently entered NATO. But there's barely murmur from Russia when Finland & Norway membership brought NATO and all its weapons so threatening to Russia dramatically closer.

Because invasion wasn’t about NATO expansion but about dominating Ukraine. Russian occupational army pursues genocidal policies targeting for arrest, torture & death all who support Ukrainian sovereignty and oppose occupational regime. Further evidence that Putin’s beef with Ukraine is not just about NATO are his demands on Ukraine long went much deeper than foreign policy alliances. He objected and tried to dictate on all matters of purely domestic politics, from decentralization, to language, education, historical memory and more.

Considering Russia is a stone throw away from various NATO countries Russia's contention that Ukraine joining would be some special threat that warranted a full scale invasion  rings hallow

An apt point. The Baltic states joined NATO in May 2004, bringing NATO to Russia's frontier, yet 21 years later we still haven't attacked Russia.

@Belacqua is simply shilling Russian propaganda.

As for his challenge to pick up a gun and go fight in Ukraine -- 1) I'm my mother's primary caregiver; 2) I'm a disabled 58 yr-old; 3) I and others in this thread have already served our nation in time of war.

So yeah, he can lick my loins. I'd love to see his honorable discharge paperwork.