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Originally Posted by Catfish
^ that's indeed better.
After all it all boils down on declarations, promises and treaties.
The unification of Germany was agreed to Russia NATO would hold back expanding eastward. As we all know the falldown of the russian soviet state was used to do exactly that, breaking the promise.
I do not like it, but Russia/Putin has a point.
If anyone in the west decides to make Ukraine a Nato member Putin will rather invade it first.
If the west holds back letting former soviet buffer states become NATO members there is no reason for an invasion, for Russia.
Understandable.
So why not guarantee to not let Ukraine become a NATO member?
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Ukraine shall not become a NATO member. But they need some type of support and I'm not talking about morally support, as the Danish minister of Defence said Denmark would give Ukraine if Russia attack them.
Europe and NATO need to show Putin an united and strong togetherness in military terms. I'm convince that showing him this will make him think 3,4,5 times before giving the marsh order.
(Could be wrong though-ain't no expert on Russian mentality)
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