what's better? keeping a crazy tyrant stable with a phony "working relationship" or isolating them as much as possible to collect claps and cheers from the cool kids club and pushing them into desperation?
btw, how's surrounding russia with nato going?
Oh my fu#&£ng god. Do you have a brain? I mean functioning brain? Use it from time. It is refreshing to come to conclusion yourself.
NATO is a defending alliance.
Russia was making lives miserable for millions of people in central and Baltic Europe up until 1989. All of these countries begged to join NATO in the following decade to prevent Russia occupy our states again.
Ukraine was under Russians firm grip until 2014. By force, threats, bribes.
Ukrainian parliament at that time was overwhelmingly in favour of joining EU ( Ukraine inhabitants gave the significant nod in parliamentary elections).
The president of Ukraine at that time was Yanukovich. Old corrupt Russia backed president and former prime minister.
Yanukovich decided to stop the parliament decision ( and will of most of Ukrainians) by doing a complete 180. Before he was talking about being pro joining to EU for 3 years. Instead joining EU he announced a plan for lot closer ties to Russia.
At this point Ukrainians protested massively in Kyiv.
Yanukovich sent armed forces to stop this, resulting in more unrest, civilian casualties and anger.
At this point when Yanukovich decided to flee to Russia, Putin ordered to attack Ukraine.
Russia started a war with neighbour country BECAUSE they started to lose economical and political power ower UA.
People in UA had enough corruption, empty promises and being ruled by Russia via puppet president and other pro Russian politicians.
Something similar happened in Belarus.
People wanted to get rid of Lukashenka in last elections. People were unhappy with rigged elections, tried to protest it. Their president sent armed forces to brutally stop possible uprising.
Do you want to live in kingdom or in democracy?
Because Ukrainians and Belarusians don't want to live in kingdom anymore. But Russia is making all possible to prevent them to become democratic, less corrupt countries with brighter future.