What country is next? Russia invades Ukraine.
kenArchi wrote:
I tried to look up why Russia wants to have war with Ukraine. All I see are vague, lengthy dialogs.
Isn't Ukraine a peaceful country?.
Putin was pissed at the USSR broke up. Slimy Despot wants it back again. Now he has the rest of the world, by the short & curlies, with fear of using Nukes, he’ll be looking further afield after Ukraine.
He took Belarus by stealth, parking his troops there for the last couple of years. Just over the fence to Ukraine.
Watch his space. USA might be next, if he cobbers up with PingPong??
thom w wrote:
If Ukraine becomes part of Russia, Putin will have Nato on his border. If he wins in Ukraine, what would keep him from invading Poland next?
Putin already has NATO on his border (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). And Belarus, a close ally of Russia, borders on Poland.
A Russian invasion of Poland, a NATO country, would trigger Article 5 and would be considered an attack on all NATO countries.
kenArchi wrote:
That doesn't sense. Isn't Ukraine an indepent country? Not a state of Russia?
Putin wants to restore the original Iron Curtain boundaries that the Soviet Union established after WW II. Being an independent country means nothing to him or the lives and property of it's citizens. Want some background read " Winter Is Coming ", by Garry Kasparov. It will be an eye opener for you to say the least.
DirtFarmer wrote:
Estonia and Latvia are NATO members and have common borders with Russia.
Norway is a NATO member and has a small common border way north, near Murmansk.
Finland has a long common border with Russia and a history of animus between the two.
Poland, Slovakia ,Hungary, and Romania are NATO members that have a common border with Ukraine. If Russia takes Ukraine, it will have a common border with these NATO member countries.
Moldova has a common border with Ukraine but is not a NATO member. I suspect that Russia has its eyes on them next.
There was a news article a few days ago to the effect that Russian troop carrier ships are steaming from the Far East toward the Mediterranean. Turkey has closed the Dardanelles to Russian warships. We will see what happens if those reports are true and Russia presents a confrontation.
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One of our New Los Angeles Dance professionals is Moldovan and his thoughts were that as no other Nations were able to stop the Russian aggression in Ukraine, he had little hope his small nation could avoid being next on Putin's list.
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