Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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HoangNhatAnh said:

Ryuu96 said:

The only one pushing Ukraine into an anti Russian stance is the country invading them.

A majority of Ukraine want to join NATO and a vast majority want nothing to do with Russia.

If they want to join it is their right to entertain that as a sovereign country.

This conflict will end with the least amount of casualties if mini Hitler gets his troops out, hopefully Ukraine puts up a resistance that makes it ultimately not worth it along with pressure domestically from protesters but it doesn't seem like Putin gives a damn about anything lately.

Ukraine shares the border with Russia, when they join Nato, US will have the right to put their army at Ukraine, it's very near Moscow - a big threat to Russia. As a leader, Putin must act to protect Russia.

Perhaps Putin shouldn't have spent his entire term in office making threats against his neighbors and expressing a desire to recreate the Societ Union/Russian Empire. Ukraine has every right to protect itself from Russia, and if that means seeking the protection of an alliance like NATO, so be it. Ukraine doesn't want to be a Russian puppet state like Belarus.

Putin and Xi were buddy-buddy all during the Beijing Olympics. They were building an economic and military alliance. So Putin himself is counting on Beijing's money plus up to 600 million Chinese citizens of military age to come to his rescue if things start going sideways for Russia.