"Also, with the invasion, Putin utterly failed if he wanted a buffer zone. Like already had been stated before, the distance is pretty much the same from the baltic states, so it was an impossible thing to create to begin with. Worse, with Finland and Sweden joining NATO, he actually lost a lot of buffer and gained 2 strong potential enemies if he (or a potential successor) starts pushing things too far."
Pretty much, Lol.
The reality is, Moscow was already close enough to Estonia and Latvia.
Now they've added on Finland/Sweden to the NATO list which apparently they're okay with despite the fact that Finland (and Norway Tbf) are on the ass of Severomorsk, what is Severomorsk? Only the HQ of the Northern Fleet of Russia's Navy and their main fleet.
Their Baltic Fleet is completely surrounded.
St Petersburg is right on the ass of NATO.
Their Black Sea Fleet is a non-factor as long as Türkiye controls the straits.
But suddenly Russia cares all about their security to the point of invading another country because that country is too close to Moscow? Lol.
In the event of a war, NATO wouldn't even need to invade Moscow on foot.
