Russian invasion fuels Finnish support for Nato

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[–]BravoVictor 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

If being neutral is not sufficient to guard against Russia

That's just it. Neutrality is enough. Russia invaded because Ukraine was not neutral. The two states had significant trade and generally good relations. Then US overthrew the neutral government in 2014 and installed a puppet government which then actively pursed NATO membership.

It'll be interesting to see how Finland goes. If they organically join NATO, and not because a coup magically happens, Russia will probably do nothing, just like it did nothing for the other Baltic states that joined.

I feel sorry for the Ukrainians. They're just pawns in a proxy war between the US and Russia.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So you think that Putin was just joking when he said he didn't think the Ukraine should ever have existed and Kiev should be in the Russian state?